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MESSAGES 
FROM HIGHER SPHERES 



MESSAGES 

FROM HIGHER SPHERES 



THROUGH THE MEDIUMSHIP OF AND INSPIRATTONALLY 
GIVEN BY 

M. HOWARD TRUE 



RECEIVED AND RECORDED VERBATIM 
IN THE DICTAPHONE 



Motto — Mental, Moral, and Temperance Growth are the 
Beacon Lights in all the Spheres 

Request — Give ns the light and wisdom, Master 
according to our investigations made aright 



PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR 
1912 



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Copyright, 1912 
By M. Howard True 

Author and Proprietor 



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THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED 

First, To my Spirit Guides in the Higher Spheres, without 
whose inspiration, aid, and information I could not 
have prepared this work 

Second, To my staunch and loyal husband, who has believed 
in me so implicitly and with such unfailing trust, which 
has made my mediumistic development possible, to 
receive these messages from my dear angel friends 



CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 

I PLAN AND PURPOSE OF THIS VOLUME . . 1 

II TRANSITIONS OF DARKENED SOULS ... 21 

III TRANSITIONS OF HONEST SOULS 30 

IV INDUSTRIES AND SUSTENANCE OF HIGH- 
ER SPHERES 41 

V IDENTITY OF INDIVIDUALITY, AND DE- 
FINING OF SOUL AND SPIRIT, AND 
AUTO-SUGGESTION 48 

VI METHODS OF SPIRIT COMMUNICATION 

OF HIGHER SPHERES 54 

VII SPIRITUAL HEALERS 61 

VIII OF VISIONS AND MIND READING .... 68 

IX OF VISIBLE SPIRIT MATERIALIZATION 

AND PERCEPTIONS OF SPIRITS ... 74 

X OF UNRELIABLE COMMUNICATIONS AND 
RELIABLE SPIRITUAL COMMUNICA- 
TIONS FROM HIGHER SHERES ... 79 

XI THE ANCIENT PROPHETS OR SPIRITS . . 89 

XII THE AMELIORATION OF GRIEF THROUGH 

TRANSITION 96 

XIII ACCUMULATION OF WEALTH 104 

BY SPIRIT MRS. R. S. LILIIE 



iv CONTENTS 

CHAPTER PAGE 

XIV INHERITED EVIL AND RETROGRESSION 

TO THE FIRST SPHERE Ill 

XV SCIENCE ENLIGHTENMENT VERSUS RE- 
LIGIOUS CREEDS 117 

XVI BUILDING OF YOUR HOME IN THE 

HIGHER SPHERES 125 

XVII AID TO INSPIRATIONAL SPIRITUAL 

SPEAKERS AND WORKERS 134 

BY SPIRIT MRS. R. S. LILLIE 
XVIII SOUL GROWTH AND CAPITAL PUNISH- 
MENT VIEWED SPIRITUALLY .... 144 
XIX CHURCHES VERSUS SPIRITUALISM ... 153 
XX ENLIGHTENMENT OF THE AGE .... 169 

XXI NARRATIVE OF INDIVIDUAL EXPERI- 
ENCE IN AND AFTER TRANSITION . 175 

XXII NARRATIVE OF INDIVIDUAL EXPERI- 
ENCE IN AND AFTER TRANSITION . 183 
BY SPIRIT MRS. R. S. LILLIE 



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FROM HIGHER SPHERES 



MESSAGES FROM HIGHER SPHERES 

CHAPTER I 
PLAN AND PUEPOSE OF THIS VOLUME 

Psychic Phenomena, or the reception of 
Messages from the Spirits of the so-called 
dead, are no longer disputed, or denied in the 
conclusions of Scientists who have conscien- 
tiously and laboriously investigated the sub- 
ject, but it may be most truthfully said that 
the large majority, of honest minds of this 
Earth Life, are in conditions of doubt, as to 
the future life, and long for Light upon this 
serious and important subject, and to the 
considerate reading of this volume by the 
latter class, is my principal purpose in the 
preparation and publication of this work, be- 
lieving that it will prove to them a messenger 
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of Information, Education, and Comfort, 
from the Higher Intellectual forces of Spirit- 
ual Spheres toward which millions pass annu- 
ally, in their Transition from Earth Life 
through so-called Death, largely uninformed 
as to their future conditions and leaving their 
mourning friends in bereavement in like 
doubt and despondency. 

" For the surging sea of human life forever onward 
rolls, 
And bears to the Eternal shore its daily freight of 
souls." 

The scientific proof of the presence, uses 
and powers of the Electric currents of the 
Atmosphere, as illustrated in the Wireless 
Telegraph, the Aero-Phone discoveries of the 
past few years has had much to do with over- 
coming the theretofore bias and prejudice 
against scientific Spiritual communications 
from other Spheres of Spirit Life. 

The time has come when the sincere en- 
quiring mind is not satisfied, with the teach- 
ings that it is wicked and a sin against God, 
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to seek the truth of future life conditions, 
and even to the skeptic the phenomena of 
the resurrection of Jesus Christ and his sub- 
sequent appearance to Mary Magdalene, and 
his Disciples, are no longer seriously disputed 
by intelligent minds or doubted. 

Through such scientific discoveries, com- 
munications to and messages from the Spirit 
worlds, long known to Spiritualists to be pos- 
sible, under proper mediumistic conditions 
by Aero-Phone Electro-Currents, are greatly 
strengthened, and to many minds established. 

Spiritualism is Non-Sectarian and inclu- 
sive of all Creeds, and lies at the foundation 
of all advancements in the study of future 
life, and by the aid of science and reason, 
seeks to establish a general knowledge of the 
Universe of Worlds, and of the great Eternal 
law of Progression. It teaches that under 
the great law of Progression, which marks 
action in all the Spheres, there is no Death, 
and when the Soul is once Incarnated on 
Earth, it is beyond all annihilation and be- 
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comes part and parcel of the whole immortal 
creation. What this human unit of existence 
was, before this Earth existence, or of what 
Electric unit it was part is not known to the 
individual soul, for it had no consciousness 
of individuality, but enough is known for 
assurance that the individual soul did not 
originate from nothing, as is often errone- 
ously taught. 

To human kind then this Earth is the Ini- 
tial Sphere, so far as the initiation of indi- 
viduality of person goes, and that Individu- 
ality maintains itself thenceforward, after 
Transition, through all Spheres of future 
existence. 

" Death is of and from the field Transition, 
From toilsome watching waiting Care, 
To broader view in higher Spheres of Vision, 
In glorious light undimmed and fadeless fair. 

Death is not shutting out and hiding 
The field of labor and fruit of Toil; 
Tis not a senseless and unconscious biding, 
Bather the reaping stored from cultured soil." 

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Soon after my first experience in Clairau- 
dient and Clairvoyant states, I have had 
no doubt of the future existence of the 
Soul in a new Spiritual body, in other 
Spheres independent of the earthly prior 
existence, and of the fact of communications 
to, and messages from those Spheres, and no 
sophistry of argument could shake my views 
on this subject, slowly formed and conclu- 
sively proved, any more than would my views 
be shaken as to the correctness of the proved 
solution of any clear mathematical or geo- 
metrical problem. 

Psychic Phenomena like other truths have 
suffered and been discountenanced by multi- 
tudes, for people do not like to be told of 
their faults and weaknesses, and besides the 
human mind is susceptible in the first in- 
stance to change only through Materialistic 
Proofs or Superstition. 

Earlier history shows nations called civi- 
lized pleasing their Gods by human and other 
sacrifices and killing their slaves, burying 
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them under corners of their houses, " to 
bring them good luck and propitiate the 
Evil Spirits n and the like. Men have been 
burned because they promulgated new truths 
against existing errors. 

Galileo, the follower of the immortal Coper- 
nicus was deprived of his liberty and suf- 
fered other humiliations for teaching the 
Planetary System of revolutions and was 
compelled to swear with his hand on the 
Testament that he would never again 
teach it. 

Another great drawback to attention to 
Psychic Phenomena has been the facility 
with which frauds could through the pre- 
tense of genuine mediumship be imposed 
upon the public, by trick and device, and 
passed to the public as genuine and thus 
honest earnest people denounced the whole 
system of Spiritual Communication, without 
stopping to consider, that frauds in all things 
outside of actual mathematics are possible, 
and likely to in some degree obstruct the 

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truth, so long as Greed and Avarice 
exist. 

Such fraudulent pretended mediumistic 
communications have no more to do with 
and are no more part of genuine Psychic 
Phenomena, than are the clinging barnacles 
on the bottom of the safe and sound vessel 
a part of the vessel, or than are weeds com- 
pared with the perfect flower of Paradise. 

The time is approaching when such frauds 
and impostors will be discriminated against 
by all honest people who give philosophical 
attention to psychic phenomena, as well as 
by and through other forces in overcoming 
evil. 

" For faithful souls are with us 
Who have crossed Death's mystic line." 

I know that there are multitudes of good 
and honest persons, who upon this subject 
are so Scripturally bound, that proof by 
Scriptural records is alone convincing; to 
them, and to such I suggest that if you will 
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for a moment drop your bias, whether you 
are Protestant or Catholic, you will find 
numerous instances in both the Old and 
New Testament, giving evidence that a knowl- 
edge of communication with the departed, 
from Earth Life, is nothing new or modern. 
The Apostle Paul in his first epistle to the 
Corinthians, ch. xv. 44, says, " There is a 
natural body and there is a spiritual body, ,, 
and ch. ii. 10, " The Spirit searcheth all 
things, yea the deep things of God," thus 
recognizing a spiritual unit independent of 
the fleshly physical body, and capable of 
communication. Again in Daniel, ch. viii. 
15-18 in evidence of spiritual vision or ma- 
terialized spirit records; " There stood be- 
fore me as the appearance of a man, and I 
heard a man's voice, which called and said 
Gabriel make this man to understand the 
vision, and now as he was speaking with 
me, I was in a deep sleep with my face 
toward the ground." Again in Job xxxii. 
8-10 it is stated * ' There is a spirit in man 
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and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth 
them understanding. ' ' These are but a few 
of the instances of like evidence. 

Spiritual Guides and Teachers of the 
Higher Spheres look upon Earth's inhabit- 
ants as a solicitous absent parent regards a 
child, to whom he longs to impart needed in- 
formation, awaiting only the mediumistic 
conditions whereby they can transmit their 
messages from the Higher Spheres, and this 
Spirit World Phenomena is well expressed 
by Harriet Beecher Stowe in her lines : 

" It lies around us like a cloud, 
The world we do not see. 
Yet the sweet closing of an eye, 
May bring us there to be. 
Its gentle breezes fan our cheek, 
Amid our worldly cares. 
Its gentle voices whisper love, 
And mingle with our prayers." 

The truth is the facilities of those in the 
higher spheres and their knowledge, and abil- 
ity for communication with earth life, are 
far superior to, and more numerous than 
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those in earth life, and what I mean is that 
the reason why genuine communications with 
earth life are not more numerous, seems to 
lie in the lack of proper mediumistic condi- 
tions on the Earth, under which communica- 
tions from the Higher Spheres may be had. 
I am unable to say why this seems to be, or is 
the case, nor am I able to state or explain 
mediumistic powers, but that the qualifica- 
tion is largely innate, there is not much doubt, 
and must exist in some measure as a basis 
of competency to communicate, although 
aided by communications and education from 
those spheres. Further such qualifications 
sometimes exist innately, without the knowl- 
edge of the person, possessing such powers, 
until some series of existing inciting causes 
arise in the daily life of such a person, to in- 
form them of their natural endowments, and 
ofttimes at first against his own belief and 
will, and ofttimes found in the most humble 
walks of life, uninfluenced by earthly educa- 
tional environments. 

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It has been estimated that such powers are 
so rare that one person in forty thousand is 
the maximum average, of their innate exist- 
ence, while in the higher spheres those there 
capable of communicating with earth are 
proportionately much greater. 

My youthful religious teachings were all 
in the nature of Church discipline, and on 
the theory that all are born sinful and that 
salvation, and future welfare, lay solely 
through conversion to and the mediumship 
of the church, but the doctrine of the sinful, 
unconverted soul, without actual wicked 
course of action, followed by irredeemable 
relief appeared to my mind irreconcilable, 
with mercy, forgiveness or justice. My 
early education was such as is usual to chil- 
dren and youth of American life. I was 
born at Conneaut Ohio within a few thou- 
sand feet of Lake Erie's beach, to which 
region my great grand sires removed, from 
New England soon after that region became 
part of Connecticut's Western Reserve in 
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1786. Before I was seventeen years of age 
I began to teach in the public schools of Ohio 
and Pennsylvania, and taught continuously 
for many years, and many business men and 
women can give their experience with myself 
as their tutor. Slowly convinced that I in- 
nately possessed a faculty of being able to 
receive and impart information from the 
Higher Spheres, but being a believer in the 
wholesome principle of the Non-Union of 
Church and State, I did not express my 
views in the busy School Room or in that 
vocation, but postponed my further investi- 
gation and attention to the subject. 

Death as commonly understood, is simply 
the means whereby the Spirit becomes re- 
leased from the physical incarnation of 
Earthly body, to become transferred into a 
celestial Ethereal body, its counterpart — it 
is the individual Spirit moving into a new 
house, so to speak — it is Transformation as 
well as Transmutation process. The Spirit 
itself considered in its essence is indestruc- 
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tible and can neither be in worse nor better 
condition by the Death — It is simply Nat- 
ural process being performed. I have tried 
to express myself with brevity so that all 
readers may understand the situation and 
remember it. 
As taught by the immortal Shakspeare, 

" All that lives must die 
Passing through natuee to Eternity." 

I quote from Bulwer Lytton another view; 

" We are born for a higher Destiny than 
that of Earth, for there is a Realm where the 
rainbow never fades, where the stars will be 
spread before us like islands that slumber on 
the Ocean, and where the beings that pass 
before us like shadows, will be in our pres- 
ence forever.' ' 

All the teachings through the Guides and 
Teachers in the Higher Spheres which it has 
been my fortune to receive, are ennobling 
and in the line of patiently striving, to aid 
and assist in the dissemination of knowledge 
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of future life and the great truths of spiritual 
existence; to inculcate knowledge of the 
great law of progression which governs life 
in all the spheres; to teach that under the 
great law of progression Aspiration, Ambi- 
tion, Industry, Morality and Temperance are 
essential to reach the higher goals, the knowl- 
edge of which amply rewards all earnest and 
successful students and workers in the Vine- 
yard of the Great Master of the Universe of 
Worlds. Further what is received from the 
Higher Spheres is usually the consensus of 
the views of many spirit minds, expressed 
through the speaking Guide to the Earth 
Medium, particularly so when the informa- 
tion is for the public good in earth life, for 
consultations by Spirit bands, and mutual 
educational conclusions, are characteristic of 
mental actions in all the Spheres. 

I have never received one single farthing 

or its equivalent for any communication, or 

act under any mediumistic powers I possess, 

and I do not prepare, or publish this work 

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for any motive of profit, but at the instance 
of my Spirit Guides, to further and promote 
their desire to benefit Mankind, in so far as 
such a small contribution to knowledge on 
the subject may do so, and to satisfy in some 
measure my own desire to publish my views 
on the subject, in public betterment in a small 
degree, to those who may read this volume, 
and express in more synopsis the views 
herein contained. 

In my preparation of this volume for the 
reader, after this the first Chapter I have 
generally adopted the System of Questions 
and Answers, as means to bring to the read- 
er's attention the essential features of what 
information is herein contained, and I have 
done so for the reasons; 

First: That the answers are taken vee- 
batim through the Dictaphone, direct from 
my Spirit guides in their exact words, it is 
better and more convincing to the reader, 
than if a mere summary were given. 

Second: By this system the reader will be 

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better able to comprehend and retain in mind, 
the independent fact separately contained in 
any given answer. 

Third: By the use of the Dictaphone, in 
recording in its original reception, the pre- 
cise Language as given by the Spirit Guides, 
even recording the voice, is preserved, in its 
original evidentiary fullness, which greatly 
adds to the value of the information given by 
the answers, as original evidence. 

Fourth: The System of imparting infor- 
mation by Questions and Answers has been 
approved and adopted, in the teaching of dif- 
ferent branches of science in Universities and 
Colleges, as well as by all intelligent Courts 
of Justice, in sifting and extracting truth in 
evidence, and in rendering the evidence given 
more plain and comprehensible, and no good 
reason exists why it will not prove successful 
in imparting information from the guides and 
teachers in Higher Spheres through the Me- 
dium to the Earth reader or listener, more 
impressive, and fuller information than 
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through any other source yet known or 
imparted. 

The answers and messages from my 
Guides, as printed in this volume, I have not 
revised but I print them as given me, be- 
lieving that any attempt by myself at such 
revision would only mar their beauty and sim- 
plicity as given to me. 

The questions contained in this book, ex- 
cepting where formulated by my Guides, 
were propounded by my husband, Mr. True, 
at the moment, before the answers were given, 
and all answers were given without hesita- 
tion. The purpose has been to arrange and 
complete this book throughout, in the most 
simple, plain, and understandable language, 
so that the uneducated of the middle and 
lower classes, who greatly need its teachings, 
and into whose hands it will largely come, can 
readily read and understand every subject 
treated and contained within it, insofar, as 
it is treated, in the limited way briefly ex- 
pressed herein. 

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This volume contains no teachings of any 
departure from the laws of Nature, and the 
great fundamental principle that the Uni- 
verse of Worlds is governed by unvarying 
Laws and that under the Law of Progres- 
sion, Capacity by education, as well as inher- 
ent character for the right, measures growth 
in Spirit Life after Transition, or so-called 
Death throughout all the Spheres. It there- 
fore follows that future progress does not 
favor or fail to punish the Hypocrite, the 
Neglectful or the Dishonest. You should im- 
prove all opportunities given you, while in 
earth life to develop your mind, extend and 
improve your knowledge of Nature and Na- 
ture's laws, and of the principles of Justice, 
truth and unselfishness to your neighbors, 
for in your future life, your life and character 
on earth, will be read like an open book, and 
you cannot deceive, and your hypocrisy in 
earth life will stand to your discredit and for 
just what it is worth, and you will be rated 
accordingly, Morally, Intellectually and Spir- 
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itually, and this is what is meant in Scripture 
by being " Weighed in the Balance and found 
wanting. ' ' 

According as you have had opportunities 
in earth life, for betterment Spiritually, and 
you have not improved them, but have made 
them the subject of jeers, so will you be con- 
sidered when you sorely need credit for dili- 
gent, just and unselfish conduct in earth life, 
and you will find no one there but yourself to 
answer for your own moral delinquencies and 
Hypocrisies. 

In what I have said in this Chapter I have 
expressed the purposes and plan of this vol- 
ume, as stated in the head note, and I publish 
this book with the hope, yes with the expec- 
tancy, that it will receive the credit of truth 
to which it is justly entitled, although real- 
izing that a considerable proportion of its 
readers may in the first instance be biased 
doubters, scoffers and skeptics, yet such 
readers will listen to reason, and proofs and 
be aided in solving in their own minds, ques- 
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tions affecting their own future welfare, for 

what they read herein are 

"Teachings from the Higher Spheres 
Which around my pathway shine." 

I am indebted to several brilliantly intelli- 
gent, and educated Spirit Guides from the 
third and fourth, of the Higher Spheres, 
whose views and teachings are contained in 
the answers and messages, embraced in this 
volume, and all of whom were prominent Edu- 
cators, Instructors, Inspirational Speakers 
and Orators in Earth Life. 

I shall circulate this little book, to readers 
generally, who will favor it with their atten- 
tion, and consideration, and with this Exhor- 
tation of one of my dearest Spirit personal 
friends, Mrs. E. S. Lillie ; 

" Go forth as a Messenger of light, 
Timidly making your first flight; 
Go forth and touching some faint heart 
Encourage it to act life's part 
And if thou doest that, then peace 
Shall with some troubled soul increase." 

Dated Red Bluff, Cal. M. HoWAED TeUE. 

September first, 1912. 

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CHAPTEB n 
TRANSITIONS OF DARKENED SOULS 

Question. — What are the stages of experi- 
ence of the darkened soul immediately after 
Transition from the earth body? 

Answer. — In the condition of transition of 
the darkened soul, he is surrounded by the 
bright angels or guardian spirits, who are 
ready to carry him onward in the Life that 
is to be his. His soul is not of the light, but 
of the dark and must necessarily be in a be- 
wildered state. Oftentimes a darkened soul 
in his condition, will resist these bright 
Spirits who are messengers of great aid and 
help: he will also struggle to return to the 
earth and he will in his wrath take mighty 
vengeance, as it were, on those who are his 
spiritual aiders, to carry him to the new life, 
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in which he is about to enter. And then again 
he will with mighty force, unusual for a spirit 
of purity, resist to such an extent that he 
will repel the Guardian Angels, until they 
are compelled to call upon some old friend 
of his that has passed over and lingered in 
the same darkened earthly condition that he 
has. This soul who has determinedly re- 
sisted the angel guides, must be taught a 
lesson of submission, so then these helpers 
or friends of his own condition, when brought 
to him, will in a manner in their own crude 
way, explain to him the knowledge that he 
must gain and know, that his soul no longer 
is bound to the physical or the earth; that 
the period of transition has taken place, and 
that he has passed to a new life; then by 
degrees he is led to what is called the first 
sphere or the habitation or the home that 
is for those darkened souls and is called the 
rest period, and there he is gently and kindly 
nursed by the Guardian Angels until his Eest 
Period has vanished, which depends almost 
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entirely upon his physical condition as well 
as his habits in life; his development must 
be governed by the spiritual condition of his 
soul when transition takes place; this de- 
pends oftentimes on whether he has been a 
man of temperate habits, or a man of evil 
desires and of a man of whose vengeance 
for his fellow man has been of such force 
that he has at any time been ready and 
willing to take advantage of a brother man 
for his own personal gain; if he is this kind 
of a Spirit then his darkened condition must 
remain of a longer duration and will in time 
be eradicated only through severe and seri- 
ous punishment of the mind or conscience 
and of the stage of development from the 
dark to the light. After this period of rest 
has passed he then is shown his life on earth, 
or in other words his conscience is awakened 
to the real force of the evil which he has 
harbored within himself and the slave that 
he has been to vicious habits, will all be so 
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it will be as like unto Hell as is described in 
the Bible, for the beauteous beings that will 
surround him shall show to him such a con- 
trast between his life and what he might 
have been if he had lived a true and pure 
life. Each wrong and each intemperate habit 
shall be a monument to weigh him down with 
grief and sorrow and keep him from passing 
to Spheres where happiness beauty and con- 
tentment forever reign. And if he has in 
any way, been unable to follow all his as- 
pirations and his natural desires of good but 
has been placed in conditions that has made 
him a sinner and an evil doer, all this will 
be taken into consideration in his time of 
punishment and he will be given a chance in 
this sphere to carry out his good desires that 
he has been unable to carry out through 
earthly conditions. Our Master is a just 
Master and he punishes not, unless it is 
deemed that the one to be punished has over- 
ridden the laws of Nature or the laws of God, 
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but when the man willingly and knowingly 
and with a desire for Evil perpetrates evil 
actions and evil deeds then there is no es- 
cape, for this punishment while passing 
through the first sphere from the earth, and 
if this one has shown that he is able to per- 
form good deeds but would not and resisted 
good, then he must expect his punishment to 
be greater, and when he has been approached 
by good Spirits and friends and plead with 
to do that which is right and has still re- 
sisted then he will find that the Master finds 
no excuse for such evil or evil intentions, 
and then again he must know that if in his 
wrong doing he has not at any time in earth 
life been repentant or had any desire to re- 
frain from evil then this period of punish- 
ment or Conscience awakening in the first 
Sphere must still be one of greater length 
each wrong act under what condition may 
have been done, must be washed out and the 
earthly condition he has inherited through 
long years of evil doing must in a measure 

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be white as snow before his time comes when 
he can take up the life work in the Beyond. 
These then are the lessons that all should 
learn from the perusal of this book, that ye 
may know that the Master will in the hour 
of thy Transition show thy life as it has been 
during thy earthly existence and that all 
deeds are recorded in the Book of Life, but 
even though thou hast sinned in the life here 
it is not too late to amend thy ways. May 
these words which are handed to thee by a 
Spirit who has passed through the first, 
second and third Spheres, and has made his 
life in this world of Spheres, be a message 
coming to those in a darkened condition and 
leading them onward and upward, until in 
their awakening and enlightenment and 
spiritual development they may acquire in 
time that within themselves that shall cast 
from them the earthly conditions and become 
one of the shining lights of Eternal progress, 
or what we call here the bright messengers 
of Light. These messengers of light are but 
the spirits of those who have become purified 

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through long years of labor toward spiritual 
development and their souls have become 
white through this eternal law of nature, and 
the plan of the great Master, which says that 
all evil must be cast hence, before light shall 
be like bright beacons for which thou shalt 
labor to reach. And in this thou mayest 
know that thou hast yet a home if thou will 
in thy strength of manhood and womanhood 
cast from thee the evil conditions and envi- 
ronments in which thou art now surrounded 
then the best part in thee shall blossom forth 
until thou too shall in thy transition be one 
of the angels of light who shall pass onward 
to one of the highest Spheres of happiness, 
peace and contentment. 

Question. — To what extent does the in- 
temperate habit through intoxicants retard 
progress after Transition? 

Answer. — It is a question of such immense 
weight that it would take volumes to fully 
describe the evil results and the darkening 
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process that is cast over the soul of either 
man, or woman, with intoxicant drinks. I 
know of no greater process for the darkening 
and lowering of the soul than the intoxicant 
liquor use, for in this it destroys not only 
the natural endowment that man should for- 
ever cling to, but it breeds within him the 
greatest amount of evil of any one vicious 
habit on earth; it destroys the Spiritual, and 
contaminates him in such a manner that only 
the brutal and vicious within him doth thrive 
and grow. Even after passing through the 
second sphere he is still in the darkened con- 
dition because of the numbing created to the 
brain forces which has been of the evil, to 
cast from him even through the first and 
second spheres, and one might honestly say 
to the third or fourth spheres, the effects of 
his intemperance, for only after the most 
strenuous efforts on the part of the man who 
has been a drunkard on earth, will he at last 
become free from the evil that he has brought 
upon himself through the evil use of intoxi- 

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eating liquor, which destroys the inner, the 
spiritual, and the best element of manhood 
and the character of that which is most ap- 
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CHAPTEE III 
TBANSITIONS OF HONEST SOULS 

Question. — What is the stage of experi- 
ence of the honest soul of good intentions 
during earth life? 

Answer. — The condition of the soul that 
has lived a life here of good intentions, and 
who has ever lived to that, that he believes 
to be the right, who has been filled with 
charitable thoughts and good intentions al- 
though he may have erred at times, only 
through earthly conditions and environments 
here, then at the moment of transition come 
those messengers of light or the guardian 
Angels who are ready to bear him onward. 
He is then taken to what is the first Sphere 
or the Sphere for all Spirits that have once 
inhabited the earth, and he is shown what 
the life of the darkened souls is there, and 
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lie is also shown the results of his own good 
actions, and after he has seen this and has 
learned that his own efforts and good deeds 
on earth have entitled him to a better home, 
than what he has found in the first Sphere, 
then in cases where it is deemed necessary 
for instance, after long years of suffering on 
earth, through physical, or otherwise, or if 
he has become weakened in any way or over- 
worked then comes the period of a sweet 
healing rest. This period is given to him 
so that when he awakens, then he shall in 
his new spiritual body be of renewed spirit- 
ual health, and this period of rest must de- 
pend almost entirely on what his earthly con- 
ditions have been, and his physical condition 
at the time of transition, but after this period 
has sufficiently passed, then he is shown all 
that is best for him to inspire and awaken 
a desire to take up his new life. 

Question. — What advantages has the in- 
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has been in harmony with life in the Higher 
Spheres? 

Answer. — In cases where great progres- 
sion has been made along an educational line 
here on earth, then that Spirit must be better 
fitted to pass from the first sphere to the 
second, or third sphere, in whichever that 
one spirit may be best fitted for. In case 
that person here has been of that nature to 
have lent assistance to mankind, then he will 
without effort be carried on to the third 
sphere, after a very short stay in what is 
called the second sphere or rather the edu- 
cational sphere, where after having passed 
through the first sphere then he is taken 
to the second sphere and educated on lines 
which he has neglected in earth life, but 
the spirit who has become of a broad mind 
and who has made advances in educational 
lines, he is oftentimes allowed to take up his 
life work in the third sphere, which is a 
sphere of great beauty, grandeur and peace 

at all times. The earthly environments have 
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so far left those who pass to this third sphere, 
that their desires, or whatever they have been 
on earth, if they were of a good order are 
completed there and they are there allowed 
to take up whatever work they are fitted for, 
or what it is their enjoyment to follow; 
they are allowed to take up that occupation 
as it may be and in this ease those who are 
passing from the earth life should know that 
it is of great advantage to become a broad 
minded and a liberal minded and earnest stu- 
dent of all Nature. 

Question. — What are the features of this 
Education? 

Answer. — What is meant by the educa- 
tional line, is that one must be educated in 
such a manner that it shall lead to the better- 
ment of all mankind; he must also be edu- 
cated along the line that shall develop within 
his soul the beauties of nature and the beau- 
ties of life and the beauties of looking for- 
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the benefit of himself and his fellow man; 
This is one of the great essentials of the 
proper education for acquiring habitation in 
the third sphere without further education 
there, or without further punishment; this 
must be called the line that really leads be- 
yond to the higher spheres, and now as we 
pass through this third sphere we then pass 
to what is called the fourth sphere, which is 
a sphere of extreme grandeur and beauty; 
it is a sphere for only those who have cast 
from them entirely all earthly environments. 
Growth for the future life, is a thorough re- 
search and investigation of the manner of 
communicating with those in higher spheres, 
and let this be the criterion that shall be 
thy following. For the Good of the higher 
spirits from those educational spheres above 
the third sphere, who have passed through 
the first, second, and third spheres, come back 
to the earth plane in order that they may 
inspire and give unto mankind a desire to 
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the second sphere, and before passing through 
or remaining long in the first sphere, which 
is a sphere of punishment, and in order to 
gain the second sphere, which is distinctly 
an educational sphere, for the preparation 
for the higher spheres, one must on earth 
have the soul awakening as to the earnest 
desire of spiritual unfoldment and the soul's 
growth, and in order to do this, one must 
investigate with a frank earnest spirit and 
longing for intelligence and knowledge of 
what is to be theirs in the life beyond the 
grave. It is extremely essential that he in- 
vestigate the art of communicating between 
the spheres so that his interest may be awak- 
ened, and a longing created to continue re- 
search, and in this there is no surer road to 
the growth of the spirit, than a silent call 
to the higher forces, or a prayer at all times 
in thy heart, that thou mayest know, what 
is to be thy life in the sphere in which thou 
shalt be taken by the loving kindred or 
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tion. If thou dost pursue this line of research 
thou art almost sure to gain growth of thy 
soul and be rewarded thereby by a greater 
step, toward avoiding remaining in the first 
sphere, and thy period of remaining in the 
second sphere, which is the educational, will 
be of less length, and thou canst if thou will 
but only delve into the mysteries of the un- 
known, until thou dost find peace and con- 
tentment and an overjoying gladness and 
lack of fear that has ever been near thee, of 
the life beyond, and further thou wilt be 
preparing thy way for the sphere of grandeur 
spirituality and beauty which is the third 
sphere, and especially so, if thou dost in thy 
earth life put forth the effort to spread the 
knowledge which thou hast gained in thy 
researches and awaken the soul of some dark- 
ened or despondent one in the earth plane. 
By this course thou shalt be rewarded for in 
sowing the seed of soul growth, or the mind 
awakening to the possibilities of doing right 
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thee jewels of extreme worth on the other 
shore, fearing not to be condenmed in earth 
life, by the ignorant or narrow minded for 
though ye feel that ye are not giving knowl- 
edge, ye know not, when the spark of intel- 
ligence and soul awakening in the darkened 
man may be aroused, and soon shall put forth 
and grow until he too shall research and in 
this researching then he too can scatter the 
seeds of knowledge he has gained, and on and 
on, until both have climbed the heights. This 
is not all that is necessary just to research 
in the future life, but thy life must show the 
results of that investigating, and show that 
ye must adapt yourself to the manner of life 
that shall cleanse thee and purify thee from 
the earthly sins and bitterness and sorrow 
and despondency o'er what fate brings to 
thee. 

Thou must within thyself be master of all 
these evil influences and cast from thee all 
of the darkening environments that may cling 
to thee on earth, and thou must make thy- 
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thou shalt call around thee, higher spirits of 
intelligence and light, that shall come and 
be with thee in such a manner that they shall 
be a part of thee, and in their close com- 
munion with thee they shall inspire thee with 
noble actions and deeds. Then thou shalt find 
no reason for failure or disappointment on 
earth, nor in the great to-morrow, for if thou 
art once filled with the Holy Spirit of right 
thinking and right living there is no such 
thing as failure either in earth life, or in any 
of the spheres, in which thou mayest be called 
to dwell, after thy transition. The right way 
to the life eternal is not only to call these 
brilliant lights and inspirational helpers to 
thee, but it is to inspire and instil in all 
those whom you may come near, in thy neigh- 
bor, or thy friend, the same true desire for 
a betterment in this life, in order that they 
may be building their own home in the eter- 
nal life, and in this building remember that 
the keynote to success is forever and at all 
times eternal industky and progressiveness. 

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Also remember that the Great Master of 
thy destiny sees and knows all things, and 
he gives unto thee credit for the right effort, 
even though the accomplishments are not on 
earth what thou might desire, for if thy heart 
is filled with good desires, and thy efforts 
are for the betterment of all, as well as thy- 
self, thou shalt in time, when thou hast taken 
up a habitation in the sphere that thou hast 
won, for thy own, thou shalt be credited with 
this and the results of that desire. 

A betterment will be shown to the Master, 
who will see that thou hast done well, if 
an effort and desire for the right are put 
forth steadily. This question of a proper 
education, for the fitting of a beautiful life 
in the beyond, is only secondary, to that of 
morality, and temperance and kindness and 
purity of heart, and when ye sum up this 
chapter on this line of thought, we have 
as a beacon light, this which is the moral, 
and which thou should follow, and again 
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try and progressiveness for the betterment 
of those who are dear to thee, and thou 
needst not fear what thou shalt be in thy 
eternal home across the border of the great 
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CHAPTER IV 

INDUSTRIES AND SUSTENANCE OF HIGHER 
SPHERES 

Question. — What are the Industries of 
the different Spheres, and how do they com- 
pare with those of Earth Life? 

Answer. — The Industries of the different 
Spheres are but a Counterpart of what is 
on Earth, excepting that they are in a much 
higher state of development; The first 
Sphere's Industries are very much nearer 
what exist in the Earth Sphere, excepting 
a variation as to new industries, which are 
still unknown on Earth; Those who dwell 
in the first Sphere are unable because of 
their darkened condition, to proceed in any 
advanced lines in any industry, so for that 
reason they are very similar to those on 
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Sphere, where the Spirits are of greater en- 
lightenment and education we then find the 
counterpart of the Earth's Industries, and 
we also find many that are not yet known 
on Earth, especially industries that can be 
handled with the methods that are sometimes 
used on Earth in the way of Electricity, which 
is commonly adopted and pursued in the In- 
dustries; And so on as you go on, until in 
the Third and Fourth Spheres the Industries 
are much more of the Ethereal; that is they 
are mostly carried on with the waves of 
Electricity in the Currents of the Air, but 
here also are many unknown industries, other 
than what are on this Earth. Each advanced 
industry on Earth has been simply handed 
down from the Third Sphere, through in- 
spiration from Spirits who can see that the 
Earthly people may be benefited by greater 
knowledge and greater advancement along 
some special line, this is very true in regard 
to Electrical Inventions on Earth, such as 
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taining to the Wireless and other Electrical 
Currents of any and all kinds. In the Second 
and Third Spheres and so on, especially 
where the bodies are of the Ethereal the 
Industries of Production of fine raiment, are 
not so essential, although the Spirit is always 
clothed in raiment, but this raiment is not 
so varied and so expensive in the way of 
weight and material. For the ethereal bodies 
there is not created the necessity for foot 
wear and head wear as in Earth Life; And 
also there is not the need for Carriages and 
other vehicles of Conveyance, because of the 
method of traversing from one Sphere to 
another and through their own Sphere, simply 
through and by the Electrical Currents of 
the Atmosphere, which is as easy for the 
Spirit to glide through, as it is for the mortal 
man of earth to breathe. 

Question. — What is the Sustenance in 
the higher Spheres, and how does it compare 
with sustenance in Earth Life? 

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Answer. — Because of the equable climate, 
and Ethereal bodies in those Spheres the 
necessity of warm food and warm clothing 
is not found to be needful and neither is the 
Sustenance which is required of such weight 
and strength as in Earth life and neither 
do they in their Spirituality require such 
food as the Earthly man, because after the 
brutal part has left, then there is very little 
need for sustenance, other than what is ab- 
sorbed from the fruits and flowers. And also 
the many numerous articles that the human 
beings on Earth seem to require for their en- 
joyment and pleasure, are not deemed neces- 
sary in the higher Spheres for the reason 
that the Spirits who have cast off to any 
degree the earthly environments. Then their 
pleasures are of a much higher order, as for 
instance they pursue their industries of Art, 
Music and Beauty, or whatever pertains to 
the same, on an educational line, tending to 
make them more intelligent, and more edu- 
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a still higher life, and this takes the place of 
the idle pleasure of the Earth Life. As to 
Animal Sustenance, all animals which in- 
habit the different Spheres seek and find 
their own sustenance and it is not needful for 
Mankind to labor to supply their demands, 
because of the lack of brutality within them, 
and this is found a lessening of the labor 
there. For these reasons and numerous 
others the Spirits in the higher Spheres have 
no need for many of the industries and much 
of the Sustenance found on Earth, but of 
those necessary they are but a counterpart, 
that has been handed down from the higher 
Spheres after there tried and found of bene- 
fit to earth life. 

Question. — What Animals of Earth are 
found in the Spheres, and what is their clas- 
sification, and what changes in Nature in 
them exist? 

Answer. — As to the animals which live in 
the hereafter or pass from Earth and live in 
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the other Spheres, all animals of any intelli- 
gence or knowledge or perception of their 
surroundings, still survive, but there are nu- 
merous Insects and numerous Animals which 
are of little worth, and are a pest to Man- 
kind, and these have no life in the Beyond. 
Any Animal which will create love in man- 
kind, or in any way add to the betterment 
of man, especially if he has been a lover of 
animals on Earth, still lives in the Beyond 
and when such animals pass over there is 
always a Counterpart of their old bodies, for 
them to enter again, and they are found there 
as faithful, to their Masters as on Earth, 
and also these animals after their Transi- 
tion have become as meek as a gentle lamb. 
All brutality and ferocity of animals dis- 
appear at the moment of their Transition 
from the Earth, and the Lion or the most 
ferocious brute on Earth plane at once be- 
comes so meek and gentle, and a creature 
of beauty and pride for his owner. In this 
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have a distinct love for animals, and they 
may rest assured that their pets that have 
been so faithful to them, are still awaiting 
for them, in the new life and will be at last 
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CHAPTEE V 

IDENTITY OF INDIVIDUALITY, AND DEFINING OF 
SOUL AND SPIRIT, AND AUTO-SUGGESTION 

Question. — How is Individuality of Spirit 
Identified? 

Answer. — The Spirit is identified in a 
similar manner as that on Earth. Yon must 
understand that the moment transition takes 
place and the Soul leaves the old physical 
body, there is a counterpart of that earthly 
body, for the habitancy of the Soul of the 
body of Earth and as soon as the Soul is 
borne to the first Sphere by these Guardian 
Angels, where the new Ethereal or Spiritual 
body is, then the Soul enters, and as this 
body is a counterpart of the old one, there 
must be and is that about the new body, that 
is recognized by those who have known the 
old body, excepting in this way; as the Spirit 
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progresses and grows in Spirituality, then it 
must necessarily become more beautiful, for 
with Progression, there must be beauty of 
countenance, for it is well said, that the face 
is the mirror of the Soul, and this is demon- 
strated and shown to be a fact. After the 
Spirit has left the first, second and into the 
third Sphere, it would hardly be recognized 
from the facial appearance, although there 
is always that characteristic about one, that 
those who are best known can be readily 
recognized. 

The inner self, which is the Soul of man, 
has its own individual peculiarities, which 
are at once known and remembered, when 
people intermingle, and this is found in the 
Spirit life, only to a greater extent and es- 
pecially so, if they are of the pure and good, 
for the Soul shines forth with a greater dis- 
tinction and clearness than of the darkened 
Soul. 

Again, if he has been in the presence of 
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over and come near that darkened one, ye 
will sense something that is peculiar, and 
gazing upon the countenance of the evil 
one, you recognize him as on Earth. 

These are the chief characteristics of the 
identification of individuals in the higher 
Spheres. In considering what I have said, 
ye must know that the new body, that the 
soul enters after transition, is of the Ethereal, 
and is of so much lighter weight, and in fact 
of scarcely any weight, it must necessarily 
be of great variance from the earthly body, 
and then again as it is of the natural, with- 
out any obstruction, or the deformities, caused 
by wrong living, or overeating, or numerous 
ways of Earth, then the body in the Spirit 
life must be nearer what would be of the per- 
fection in contour. 

Question. — Are Soul and Spirit identical? 

Answer. — My answer to this would be, that 
what is the innermost part of man, or that 
which is the knowing, or knowledge part of 
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man, and that which is the Eternal, is called 
the Soul, but after the stage of Transition 
comes, then the Soul enters the Ethereal, and 
it then becomes what is called the Spirit. It 
is not the Spirit that inhabits the old phys- 
ical body of mankind on earth, but it is the 
Soul that enters the new Ethereal, that is 
classed as Spiritual, so there is all the differ- 
ence in the two bodies, the old and the new, 
or in other words the human physical and 
the Ethereal. 

Question. — Can Spirits influence individ- 
ual actions in Earth life and in what manner? 

Answer. — There is no doubt of this, and 
it has been many times demonstrated that the 
Spirit has great influence over the Earth life 
of Man. 

It matters not whether the Spirit is of the 
Higher and the purer, or whether of the 
Earth bound, and of the evil, for there are 
always Spirits of some degree, that come 
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human being, although it may not be those 
of their home circle, for ofttimes there are 
these departed ones of the home circle, that 
are very desirous of coming back, and in- 
forming them of their still existence in an- 
other world, or assisting them, financially, or 
of helping them in some manner, but are still 
unable to come to them, because of what has 
already been explained, in previous chapters, 
of the inability of entering the Aura of cer- 
tain individuals. 

Then again some evil Spirit, or again some 
bright pure soul of the Higher Spheres, could 
come to the same person in the home circle, 
and do that which the loved one has failed 
to do, in whispering words of knowledge and 
assistance, or prompting them to evil deeds. 
It is well known, although ye may think that 
it is strange, that Spirits should take up such 
labors, but it is a fact that many of the 
crimes committed on Earth, are through the 
promptings of these evil ones in the first 
Sphere, who themselves have harbored, still, 
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revenge, or have still within them, that desire 
for the bloodshed of mankind. 

It often takes years to overcome the evil, 
when man has long lived in sin on the Earth, 
and this is one of the great reasons why the 
Spirits of goodness are appealing to mankind 
of the Earth plane, to arise in their strength 
and gain the knowledge that shall assist these 
Spirits in the Higher Spheres to overcome 
this great Evil. 

In overcoming this evil ye are not only pre- 
venting crime on your Earth plane, but ye 
are assisting these angels, to lift the darkened 
souls from the first Sphere, out of the state 
of despondency and evil that brings back 
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CHAPTEB VI 

METHODS OF SPIRIT COMMUNICATION OF 
HIGHER SPHERES 

Questions. — How is Spirit return, by com- 
munication from the Spheres to Earth Life 
secured? 

Answer. — The impossibility, as it seems to 
the many minds of the human beings on 
Earth, of the ability of Spirits,, in the art 
of communicating to Earth, is but a simple 
matter, if conditions are arranged properly, 
by those who understand the manipulation of 
the Electrical Currents of the Atmosphere. 
As you remember, dear reader, it was but a 
short time ago, when on your Earth plane 
your Airships and your Wireless communi- 
cations could not be accomplished, but now 
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In communicating from the Spheres to 
Earth the same principles are applicable, 
and the same methods of Electricity in com- 
municating are used; The Medium is the 
human being, who has that innate ability and 
is born with this innate ability, to become 
an instrument between the Spheres, has the 
correct amount of Electrical force within the 
body, and which is led by Electrical forces 
to the brain, which is a storage battery, for 
the Spirits from other Spheres to connect the 
Electrical current, found in the Atmosphere. 
Spirits who understand this principle that 
the way is open for them to come to an 
earthly being can by simply gliding through 
the atmosphere, on these electrical waves 
come close to the Aura which surround all 
human beings, and watching their chance to 
inspire, or lisp in their ears, which ofttimes 
one calls this their inner self, the words of 
wisdom, or words of evil which the earth 
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Question. — When the communication is 
had how is it maintained? 

Answer. — The manner of communicating 
direct through an instrument of Mediumistic 
powers, must be arranged by an Electrical 
engineer, who understands the manipulation 
of the Electrical forces and batteries, the 
same as an Electrical Engineer does on Earth, 
and he must understand this and call the 
band of Guides, which each Medium has in 
many phases. A medium must have a guide 
for protection from Earth bound Spirits, and 
must also have a guide, who protect them 
from the atmospheric currents, and a Spirit 
who can come close to the Medium and keep 
the Medium's heart and soul in a pure state, 
and freed as much as possible, from the 
earthly environments, and then there must 
also be a guide, who must have for his work, 
watchful care of the physical, and then again 
there must be a Guide who must watch closely 
the Electrical forces and supply when they 
become depleted, and then all these guides 
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must unite in the communicating and after 
the Electrical engineer has so adjusted the 
forces of the electrical currents in the atmos- 
phere to the storage battery in the brain of 
the medium, then it is a simple matter for 
the Spirits to communicate through the me- 
dium providing there is congeniality and apt- 
ness to receive on the part of the Medium. 
There are different phases, as for instance 
the Medium who has the ability to see, what 
is presented through these electrical forces, 
this is called the Clairvoyant and then again 
when the Medium can hear, as through your 
telephones, and the Spirit may be in the 
Higher Spheres or any one of the higher 
spheres and talks through this Telephone, as 
it were, and the medium catches the vibra- 
tions along the electrical line, this is called 
Clairaudient. Again the Medium with this 
electrical force which will cause her to be in 
a condition similar to what you call in earth 
life, unconscious, but what we call in a trance, 
when in this state the Spirit takes full pos- 
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session of the medium, and the Spirit comes 
in to the physical of the medium and the 
Medium's Soul is drawn aside and is held 
near the body by the electrical forces which 
are the same, as at the moment of Transition, 
when the Soul first leaves the body, before 
the chord of life is broken. This is what is 
called the trance-mediumship and is the most 
satisfactory to the scoffer or the unbeliever, 
for in this state, you then receive direct from 
the Spirit ; and then again it may be called the 
Semi-Trance condition which this Medium, 
whom I am now talking through, for the com- 
pilation of this book is in, or in other words 
at the present time her soul is withdrawn 
from the body by electrical currents, and is 
held by the chord of life until my soul, has 
entered her physical and is in possession of 
her vocal organs, and I am able to talk 
through this instrument, to give unto thee 
these words of knowledge and intelligence, 
from the third Sphere in which I have dwelt 
for many years, as I was in Earth Life a 
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Professor of Archaeology in a University of 
Edinburg and my name was Professor Donald 
Mason. 

In my researches for knowledge in the line 
of Archaeology I became interested in com- 
municating possibilities between the Spheres, 
and I was so elated over my success when I 
found this medium, that it was at my request 
that she compile this book and give unto 
the world knowledge and the worth of a true 
and right life on the earth plane, and, dear 
reader, my heart calls to thee to live to these 
words, and keep within thee, thyself inspira- 
tion of the Spirit, who has at heart the high- 
est good for Mankind and who stands ready 
to come at thy call if thou shouldest need 
me, and if it is in my power to come, and 
inspire thee with the knowledge, of the long- 
ing of those Spheres in which thou shalt at 
last dwell, and in thy investigation of the 
communicating between the Spheres, dear 
reader, be sure that you take upon yourself 
the right spirit for thy research. For thy 
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good, leave all the commercial desires and 
the financial benefit of earth plane alone, be- 
cause when ye attempt to receive Imowledge 
from Spheres above, for thy own worldly gain 
on earth ye are sure to call to thee the earth 
bound spirits, who have been in a darkened 
condition both on the earth plane and in the 
first sphere, who have yet been unable to be- 
come advanced, or become purified, and they 
will only talk to thee as a street corner man 
would talk to thee on earth, as they get it, 
or as they think it may be, when in reality 
they are entirely unable to assist thee, and 
only give to thee that which would be of no 
value to thee, but would lessen thy faith in 
all communications if ye did not understand 
this aright, and know what was the right, in 
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CHAPTEE VII 
SPIKITUAL HEALEES 

Question. — Who are the Spiritual Healers 
from the Higher Spheres and what are their 
functions? 

Answer. — Many of those Spirits in the 
higher Spheres, who when in Earth Life were 
Physicians, and who have the same love for 
the healing of Mankind as they had on earth, 
and with whom it is a hard matter to lay 
aside this longing to heal the sick, after they 
are well fitted and prepared for the individ- 
ual patient on earth, after their rest period 
and their educational period have passed, 
they are then allowed to come back to Earth 
and heal in a Spiritual way. 

This is accomplished through a hand of 
Guides similar to all other phases of Medium- 
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ship, excepting of course they must have a 
certain Medium who has sufficient amount of 
Magnetism that will blend with the Electric 
forces in a way of healing in such a manner 
that power can be given, direct from the 
Spirit who has in charge the system of heal- 
ing through the manipulation of the medium's 
hands, or otherwise. The healing is accom- 
plished through the Electrical currents and 
the Magnetism in the Medium and Patient. 
Then again there is oftentimes a wonderful 
amount of healing through what we have for- 
merly described as the Clairaudient ; that is 
the Medium who can hear the vibrations over 
the Electrical line and is instructed by some 
Physician in a higher Sphere just what to do, 
and as the Physicians of the higher Spheres 
nearly always take up the healing by Elec- 
tricity, or by vegetable concoctions, which 
they compound in the Spirit Life, then the 
Medium is instructed to gather these and 
adapt them to the disease, or malady, which 
they are trying to heal. There are also let it 

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be known many diseases on earth, which it 
is impossible for the Spirit Physician, no 
difference how highly educated, or compe- 
tent he may be to heal, or that he cannot 
reach through one certain medium although 
he might through another medium, that he 
could come close to this human being in 
such a manner that the Magnetism could 
intermingle with the Magnetism of the one 
to be healed. Because of this it is often 
pronounced a failure in the methods of heal- 
ing by higher Spiritual Physicians. Then 
again where one is of that doubting mind and 
constantly resisting, then this Spirit Physi- 
cian cannot approach close enough, in order 
to be of benefit to the one to be healed, so dear 
reader, if you at any time wish assistance 
in the manner of healing from any higher 
Sphere ye must for the time at least, give up 
and call forth and have within thy heart a 
prayer to receive and accept as it is given 
unto thee, for there is a power in the higher 
forces that is of sufficient strength to heal all 

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the diseases, if the conditions are proper for 
this to be done. 

Question. — What advantages are pos- 
sessed by the Spirit Healer? 

Answer. — The superiority of a Spirit 
healer is in his ability to read the disease 
aright. Ye remember that the Spirits who 
are educated in coming back to the earth 
plane, through matter, or whatever it may 
be, it is as though it were in the Spirit 
land, their eyes can penetrate through the 
physical and see each organ, as clearly as ye 
could if it were on the operating table with a 
glass of magnifying power over each organ, 
and there is no difficulty for the Spirit Physi- 
cian to reach any part of the body, that may 
be diseased, and they also can see, what is the 
right course to be adopted for the healing. 

Then again the great advantage of a Spirit 
healer is that of ttimes the greatest amount of 
healing and good is done and the miracles per- 
formed when the human being is in the arms 
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of slumber, when the soul is at rest and the 
mind has no consciousness, of what is being 
done. 

Then ofttimes the band of that individual 
comes, and with him comes a great physical 
healer from one of the higher spheres, and in 
a manner of his own, through the currents 
of Electricity, which is used to create a bat- 
tery heals. Then again often when the in- 
dividual is quiet in sleep, the Spirit is al- 
lowed and able to pass its hands over that 
part of the physical body, for the purpose of 
healing, though the being knows it not, nor 
senses it clearly, still mighty healing is often 
performed, and at times the human being 
seems to sense it, as though it were in a 
dream, and many times he awakens with 
that impression over him that he has been 
healed by unseen hands, and it is by the 
mighty forces of the Spirit healers that the 
greatest healing through Spirit power is 
done while the afflicted is in slumber. You 
might say: Why then is so much suffering 
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allowed to exist on earth if there are higher 
forces sufficiently strong, to allay suffering, 
and why do not these higher spirits come to 
the succor of those who are in such physical 
pain on earth? 

To this we shall reply that it is of the Great 
Plan that a large number, or a sufficient num- 
ber of those on the Earth Plane should suffer 
in order that they may grow strong and more 
beautiful in soul, for the work which is of a 
higher order when their time for Transition 
comes. 

In the Spirit World the selection is made 
of those who on Earth are to take up a noble 
work and be a savior to Mankind, and in order 
to do this those who suffer most on Earth will 
be the greatest souls in the higher life, so if 
it befalls thee, that thou shalt suffer physical 
pain, or mental agony thou mayest know that 
thou art sowing for a ripe harvest in the 
future life, for all the suffering here. 

If ye will only take this suffering in the 
right spirit and make thyself to become 

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cleansed of the earthly environments, then 
ye shall meet with that much less suffering in 
the world beyond; let this be a keynote of 
bravery that thou shalt stand by and follow 
with the right. 



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CHAPTEE VIII 
OF VISIONS AND MIND BEADING 

Question. — What are the usual causes of 
Visions to the human mind, produced with- 
out visible psycho-physical cause? 

Answer. — The Visions which are often 
times seen by the people on the Earth, both 
in their waking hours, and in their slumbers, 
or what you call dreams, are nothing more or 
less than the manifestations of Spirits from 
different Spheres. This depends entirely 
upon what the Vision may be ; if it is for a 
good purpose and for a pure purpose, then 
it must necessarily come from those Spirits 
of greater Spirituality than in the first 
Sphere, but again these manifestations, or 
visions may be from the Earth bound Spirits, 
who want to make themselves known, or per- 
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haps are very desirous of giving to those 
whom the vision is presented to, such mani- 
festations as shall awaken their interest, that 
they may investigate farther and then in this 
manner, the Earth bound Spirits will take 
their chances in making themselves known, 
and giving unto such persons their wishes. 
This is manipulated by the same Electrical 
forces and Currents as are used by the 
Guides, for the Mediums in Clairvoyance, 
Clairaudience, or all other phases of Me- 
diumship, and if the Vision is in the manner 
of a face, or form that is seen, then this tends 
to what is called Materialization. This is 
brought about by these Electrical forces and 
the drawing of the material magnetism of 
the person who sees the Vision, and it is as 
it were, a counterpart of their own physical, 
but with the soul of the one that is seen shin- 
ing forth through the face of the semi-physi- 
cal body, or in other words the elements and 
material necessary to materialize are drawn 
from the individual who has the vision. 
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Question. — What is the cause, or ex- 
planation of figurative, or incomplete 
visions? 

Answer. — This is brought about by im- 
perfect materialization, which may be due 
to the fault of the Guides who are bringing 
this vision to the view of the human being, 
or it may be the lack of sufficient magnetism 
in the one who sees the vision, or the amount, 
or lack of Electricity for the batteries, or not 
properly connected batteries. It generally 
results from Earth bound Spirits, and earth 
bound guides, who are experimenting for 
their own personal knowledge and benefit, 
that they in return may receive knowledge 
that shall be of benefit to them when they 
pass to higher Spheres, and become more of 
the Spiritual, and then are chosen as Guides 
for some Medium. 

In this manner they are of course without 
experience and because of this lack of experi- 
ence oftentimes the vision is so imperfect 
that it is doubtful what it is intended for, 
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either in form or inspiration, or in manner 
of presentation. 

Question. — What Spirits are capable of 
reading the human mind and under what 
conditions is such Mind Reading possible, 
or effective? 

Answer. — Spirits from any one of the nu- 
merous Spheres are perfectly capable of 
coming back to Earth and reading the minds 
of the human beings providing they are able 
to form a battery sufficiently for them to 
give that necessary light to shine upon the 
soul, or mind of the human being so that they 
can read the mind aright, and furthermore 
it is necessary for the Spirit to be able to en- 
tirely enter the Aura, or come in close con- 
tact with the Aura of the human being whose 
mind he is trying to read. 

This is a very simple matter if the condi- 
tions are properly adjusted for it, and then 
again there are Spirits of great purity, that 
oftentimes come to individuals on Earth to 
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warn them, or to prevent disaster happen- 
ing to them, but because of the darkened 
aura around the earth beings, which has been 
created by their own life and evil thoughts, 
this Guardian Angel is unable to penetrate 
sufficiently to read the human being's mind 
and know what its intentions are, in regard 
to what seems to the Spirit a coming disaster. 
Then again ofttimes when the pure spirit is 
unable to penetrate the Aura he may call 
upon some evil spirit from the earth bound, 
or first sphere, who can enter and come in 
contact with evil, because of the evil within 
himself; then the evil spirit reports and 
often great danger and disaster are averted 
from the human being, provided it is deemed 
best that the human being should be pro- 
tected at that time. In this manner the mind 
may, or may not be clearly read by the Spirit 
of the higher Spheres, although it may be 
by the spirit of the lower sphere and vice 
versa. If the human being on Earth is of 
that pureness and goodness then it must nec- 
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essarily require a pure Spirit from a Higher 
Sphere to come close enough to warn him 
of his danger. In this lies the secret of 
Mind-Reading, in the ability to penetrate the 
Aura that surrounds each individual on 
Earth. 



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CHAPTEE IX 

OF VISIBLE SPIEIT MATERIALIZATION AND 
PERCEPTIONS OF SPIRITS 

Question. — Under what conditions is vis- 
ible Materialization of Spirit possible? 

Answer. — Materialization of the Spirit to 
the vision of the human being is done entirely 
with the same Electrical forces and batteries 
and Guides that are nsed in the numerous 
phases of Mediumship, which has already 
been described in this volume, excepting in 
this manner that the Guides must come close 
to the Medium, and the Medium must have 
that sufficient amount of Magnetism which 
is not always necessary, for other phases of 
mediumship, excepting in the healing, and by 
these Electrical forces and the proper con- 
nection of the batteries the element of the 
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human being, in fact all of the elements of 
the human being, are drawn sufficiently from 
the Medium, to form an Ethereal body for 
the habitation of the Spirit's soul, for the 
very few moments in which the vision is clear 
to the eye of the human being. This is done 
entirely, by the drawing from the Earth body 
at the time of the sitting, and if those who 
have seen Materialization will watch closely, 
they will be convinced of the counterpart or 
the similarity of form and features of the 
Spirit to the Medium. 

Because of this, it has often been consid- 
ered a fraud, as it looked so near to the hu- 
man being, the Medium, that it was often 
thought to be some other person and a mis- 
representation of the Spirit, but this is not 
always the case, for the Spirit that material- 
izes does not come to Earth with its Ethereal 
body, and show this to the human being, as 
this is impossible to do, because of the com- 
position of the Ethereal body in connection 
with the Electrical forces, as it could not be 
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brought about to the human vision, it simply 
must be the drawing of the elements of the 
body of the Medium, to place before the vision 
of the people. 

In this alone is the sequel, to the great 
doubt of the investigators of materialization, 
for there are many ardent and earnest Spirit- 
ualists who believe in all other phases of 
mediumship, that condemn materialization, 
but materialization of the Spirit, is as certain 
as any other phase of Mediumship, and it is 
because of having to use the elements in the 
human body that the observant, or investiga- 
tor sees such a similarity to the human body, 
that he doubts that it is a Spirit. 

Question. — Are the five senses of Percep- 
tion in Earth life augmented, or different 
after Transition, and if so in what respects? 

Answer. — There is no perceptible differ- 
ence, excepting in the acuteness and the clear- 
ness, of the Spirit, over those on Earth. 
Ye must know that as the body is of the Ethe- 
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real, after Transition, and pain is unknown, 
and sorrow in the Higher Spheres is also 
unknown to any great extent, then all the 
senses are in their clearest state, or in 
other words there is no impediment in any 
manner. "We also have a greater Sense, in 
that we have what is called the pekception, 
and this is a combination of seeing and hear- 
ing at the same time, through this battery 
and as we are approaching the Earth plane, 
comes a sensation to us which is entirely dif- 
ferent from what is felt in the higher Spheres. 
Beyond this, I know of no great difference 
in the Senses in any of the Spheres from what 
they are in Earthly beings. And as to the 
Mentality, because as I have just said there is 
no impediment in the nature of physical pain, 
so in reality in every shape and form the 
Spirit is of greater vigor than the Earth Man. 
Now as to the Contrast, or the differences in 
the Spheres, ye must bear this in mind, that 
the Spirit Spheres are but other Worlds, in- 
habited by the Man of the Earth. As a man 
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of the Earth passes through that state called 
Transition, then he is at the moment of reach- 
ing the other Sphere the same individual, as 
to the Soul — there is no change in Spirit or 
Mentality. 



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CHAPTEE X 

OF UNEELIABLE COMMUNICATIONS AND SELLABLE 

SPIBITUAL COMMUNICATIONS FEOM 

HIGHEE SPHEEES 

Question. — Wherein do Communications 
from Earth bound Spirits differ from Com- 
munications from the Higher Spheres? 

Answer. — An inclination of Earthly be- 
ings to discountenance the philosophy of com- 
municating between the Spheres is brought 
about by the ignorance of the Earth people, 
in seeking that which is of a low order, or of 
the material order, for their own special bene- 
fit. Ye must remember this, that those spirits 
who are earth bound, or rather live closest 
to the Earth are nearer of those of the gen- 
eral class of people, in that they are en- 
abled through an affinity and nearness of the 
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earthly environment, to come to those here on 
earth and talk with great ease ofttimes, and 
it seems to be their delight to give satis- 
faction to the one enquiring, by assent- 
ing, or agreeing in whatever they may ask 
for. 

Therefore it is of great importance that the 
people know that they are not, oftentimes, 
receiving reliable information through those 
sources, for it is only through guardian 
Spirits of the Medium, who has good guides 
of a high order, that one can receive reliable 
information. Any Medium who allows these 
earth-bound Spirits to return to the earth 
people, should be shunned, for there is no 
certainty of the messages which they receive. 

A Medium in order to be of worth and reli- 
ability, must have as Guides, Spirits from the 
third, or fourth Spheres, for there they have 
become educated, and are of that grade that 
there is no longer deception in their hearts, 
and they have no wish nor desire to prevari- 
cate, or bring to the people sorrow, or disap- 

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pointment, and these guides of such grade of 
the third sphere and on, are of that spiritu- 
ality that their work must show the results. 
What those guides from the third sphere and 
beyond come back to the earth for, is to in- 
spire, and give unto the people knowledge 
of the life Beyond, and knowledge of their 
loved ones existing in certain Spheres ; they 
in other words are the instructors of the 
Spheres. Those Earth-bound Spirits who 
come to tell your Fortune, or tell you how to 
make more of the Almighty dollars, are not 
of authority, and are simply in the same 
plane of mind, to a large extent that they 
were on Earth, or in other words they have 
not outgrown their earthly conditions, but 
are still a part of the earth. Then, reader, 
would ye, if ye thought ye had a scheme that 
was of worth, would ye walk along the street 
and ask any man, or woman that ye met, what 
would be the result of this, or that, in any 
deal that ye might have? No indeed, ye 
would not. Then why should ye call for any 
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Spirit that happened along near you at 
that time? Do ye see the absurdity of the 
situation? 

It is, only, I say, from these guardian an- 
gels, of the higher Spheres who have your 
spiritual welfare at heart 2 that ye can depend 
upon and know that ye are receiving that 
which is of reliability and worth. The Spirits 
below these higher Spheres are so much of 
the earthly, that they are of the same manner 
as the earth people, as to the conditions of 
the earth life. Unless you are satisfied, in 
the particular instance, beyond a doubt, that 
it is some loved one, or some kin or friend 
of old times that you know to be of a charac- 
ter of honesty and worth, you may be de- 
ceived. Even then ye are liable to be de- 
ceived, because the earth bound spirits are 
so anxious to give what they wish, that 
they will represent themselves to be the 
one ye call for, so always in your efforts 
to gain knowledge of the other Spheres, 
seek a Medium, who is of that high worth 
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that is known and shown, that the guides 
of such medium are of the spiritual, and of 
all that pertains to the spiritual, and to the 
betterment and the true worth of living. 

Question. — What courses are helpful in 
promoting communications? 

Answer. — If ye have within your own 
home circle, one who seems to be of Medium- 
istic qualities, then the place to get the evi- 
dence of communications is right in your own 
home. Ye must have your certain days and 
certain hours and sit at that hour alone by 
yourselves, with a silent prayer ever within 
your hearts calling to the higher forces, and 
if at any time, ye feel the influence of Spirits 
around you, call for the higher one, and cast 
from you the evil, and do not allow any mani- 
festations of a low order, or of any order 
other than that which will be of the better- 
ment to your own spiritual being, for the real 
worth of spiritual communications, is that 
which comes from the higher forces, or the 
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inspiration of God, through his guardian 
angel workers. After your developing me- 
dium has sufficiently developed, to receive 
messages of a high order, then comes the 
time, if you wish to receive a real commu- 
nication from some loved one who has passed 
over, and then you can call to these guides 
to bring to you the loved one from whom 
you are desirous to hear, and in this way 
ye will receive the genuine and the real 
messages from the loved one who has passed 
from your sight. But if ye promiscuously, 
call for these loved ones, ye know not what 
ye shall receive, because it shall be given 
unto thee the words of the evil or the earth- 
bound spirits, in which there may not be any 
truth. When these messages are given in 
such a manner ye soon become of the doubt- 
ing mind and will not listen to that which 
is of the true worth, and class it all as 
fraudulent. 

The best Spiritual Communications be- 
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brought about by the real laborers chosen 
out of the Vineyard, by the Great Master 
through His Prophets and Angel Guides and 
helpers. 

Question. — What is certain evidence that 
certain communications, are from Earth- 
bound Spirits? 

Answer. — Those communications and man- 
ifestations which are often received in the 
shape of rappings, and table tippings, and 
the movement of ponderous bodies, by invis- 
ible forces, ye can always rest assured, are 
given by Earth-bound Spirits of the first 
Sphere, for the Spiritual ones of the Higher 
Spheres are of that Ethereal nature, that it 
would be an impossibility for them to come 
and demonstrate such manifestations as are 
often given to the earth people, by such phys- 
ical manifestations. I admit, that often- 
times these rappings and ponderous move- 
ments of the material things have brought 
about good results, in that they have awak- 
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ened an interest in the human being nntil he 
has sought for higher labors and work from 
the Spirit life. And then again, there are 
earthly people, who would not be satisfied 
with the spiritual, but they want that on their 
own plane and condition of life, and in this 
there have been results of good work from 
the table tippings and rappings, but if ye 
wish to have instruction for the right living, 
and the right doing, and the peace and con- 
tentment of thy soul, and an unfoldment for 
a preparation of the Life Beyond, then only 
seek the spirits of the high order, by having 
within thy heart and soul, the prayer for the 
best or not at all. 

Seek and it shall be given unto thee, as 
thou hast sought, and if ye reach out for the 
pure and true and the reliable information 
of the different Spheres, ye shall receive, 
but if ye admit and call for, and give back to 
those who are lingering near to Earth this 
opportunity, then ye have but your own self 
to blame for receiving that which is not of 
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worth and reliability. Again there is great 
benefit derived by these earth-bound Spirits 
in their privilege of coming back again to the 
earthly beings and talking and understand- 
ing the philosophy of inter-communicating, 
but this must be carried on through Guides 
of the Medium for that purpose alone. Oft 
times these sweet angels of Mercy and Char- 
ity for the darkened soul, will come to some 
Medium, and in the manner known to them, 
take possession of this Medium, for the sole 
purpose of bringing some criminal, or some 
evil one back again to the earth, that he 
may come in contact with the Spirituality of 
the Angel and soul of the Medium, who has 
been seeking for the good. They then are 
watched and carefully warned from return- 
ing again, and when they see what it is to 
come back to the earth again, they have lost 
their desire for lingering near the earth, and 
then they are kindly and gently taught, that 
there is something more than the earth life 
for them, and that they are going to be given 

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a chance of redeeming themselves from the 
life on the earth, and by this way it is often 
times, that they too learn submission and the 
controlling them from their great desire of 
lingering near earth, and this is done through 
these angels who have the welfare of the 
darkened souls at heart, but they must be the 
ones to bring about this, and they must be the 
ones that will see that this is done in a right 
manner, that shall not bring evil to the earth 
Medium, or those who are seeking for com- 
munication from the Spheres. 

Again I chide thee, Seek not unless thou 
dost seek with a prayer in thy heart for the 
highest only, and accept none but what per- 
tains to the Spirituality, and I assure thee 
reader, thou shalt receive benefit for thy 
effort in the seeking. 



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CHAPTEE XI 
THE ANCIENT PKOPHETS OR SPIRITS 

Question. — Who were the Prophets of 
Scripture and what were their duties and 
course of procedure? 

Answer. — The Ancient Spirits, or what 
was called in Ancient times the Prophets who 
came to earth and gave unto the Earth 
Plane, what yon call yonr Bible, are supposed 
by all those who have any information of 
reliability that they are the most ancient 
Spirits and were chosen by God, or the Great 
Ruler of all the Universes, to come to Earth 
to prepare the earth people for a betterment 
of their own lives and to make that which 
is given in the Bible, as examples for them 
to follow, but this all is history and I sup- 
pose it will be until again these Prophets 

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come to some one of the Spheres and give 
evidence that will be convincing, and these 
ancient Spirits, or Prophets are supposed to 
be the rulers under the Great Master of all 
the Spheres. Ye may have in the perusal of 
this book, as well as others, wondered who 
was the Commander-in-Chief that should say- 
to each soul, as it passed from Earth, Why 
have ye done so and so, or why have ye lived 
such a life, or had the power to place them 
in the sphere in which they must dwell 1 This 
ruling of the Earth's Beings after Transition 
is done directly through these prophets who 
are supposed to be the band, who are in 
charge of the Universe through the ruling 
hand of God. These prophets, or ancient 
Spirits choose from each Sphere those Spirits 
who have become purified and are the noblest 
to adjust the future life of each soul, as it 
enters in any one sphere from the Earth life, 
and they are the secondary workers of the 
prophets, and then again when the period of 
punishment comes then the warning notes 
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of these prophets are given to this band of 
Angel workers, that they may know when 
to punish and when to reward. 

These Spirits of the higher spheres have 
authentic evidence of this and know whereof 
they speak, but beyond this it is but history 
handed down to us and we have accepted it 
as ye on Earth have accepted the teachings 
of the Bible, and we are compelled to have 
the faith that these prophets reside in a 
Sphere near to where the Great Being of all 
the Universes dwells. I am a Spirit who has 
lived in the fourth Sphere for many years, 
still I have not from my own personal ob- 
servation any convincing evidence of higher 
Spheres than the Fourth, but I am not 
authority on this and I have failed to find 
any one who has passed to higher than the 
fourth sphere, that has ever returned to 
other Spheres, excepting these Prophets 
who in certain times come to adjust mat- 
ters of State, and to arrange and adjust all 
matters in the lower Spheres, to conform 
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to that which they claim are the commands 
of the Master. 

The inhabitants of the Fourth Sphere 
should not, or could not require, or request 
a more beautiful existence than what is found 
in this fourth Sphere, and those who have 
made a thorough study and have traveled 
over the entire Sphere, if they have in the 
past at any time passed much of their exist- 
ence in the lower Spheres, then their opinion 
must frankly be that all is perfection, but 
that is not the keynote, nor that is not the 
motto that we hold close to, even in the fourth 
sphere because we have been handed that 
which shall be inherited by us for all gener- 
ations — that Progress is the one great effort 
to put forth at any and all times. 

Ancient writings of these Prophets, remem- 
ber, were given ages ago and in that time 
these prophets have too, progressed, for there 
is no such thing as dormancy in any of the 
Higher Spheres, then if the Spirits who in- 
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fourth, have constantly progressed then most 
surely these prophets of old too, have been 
gaining knowledge that would contradict and 
conflict most seriously with their teachings of 
the past ages. It has been told that when 
the Art of Communication has become well 
known, on the Earth Plane and the people are 
awakened to the necessity of a higher knowl- 
edge of the Spheres then when the proper 
time comes, for the people to receive as 
handed down to them, these Prophets shall 
again come to earth and give unto Man- 
kind new teachings. This has been taught to 
us in the fourth Sphere by several of those 
ancient prophets who have come back to the 
fourth sphere with their instructions of the 
matters of State in that Sphere, and it is pre- 
dicted and given by them, that the time is 
fast approaching when the Earth people shall 
again receive, a visit from these Prophets of 
old, who shall give unto them light and knowl- 
edge and instruction of a much more simple 
and practical form and of so much more ap- 

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pealing and awakening of the soul, that even 
the simple people cannot doubt, or the creeds 
of any Church dodge, but they must accept 
that as the highest teachings of all prophets 
from all Spheres, and this too may be given 
through a Medium as well as the actual visi- 
tation on Earth by Ancient Prophets. 

The necessity of a better race of Earth 
people has brought about this condition, the 
evil of Earth having become so great that the 
darkened souls, who enter the other Spheres 
are of such immense numbers, compared to 
the pure and the good that it has become of 
that seriousness that there must be a reaction 
against this evil, and of greater progression 
in the way of right living. This seems to be 
the criterion of the Spheres, even from the 
first on, and for this reason I deem it may 
be the reason of the visitation of the Prophets 
but the people must know who speaks to 
them, and know that they are receiving the 
right and the instruction that shall carry 
them Heavenward and make them more, as 
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the Christ of the olden times first requested 
them, when they on the Earth Plane have so 
sorely failed to heed his prophecies and his 
bidding, they must be warned anew that all 
things shall at last become purified. 



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CHAPTEB XII 

THE AMELIORATION OF GEIEF THROUGH 
TRANSITION 

Question. — Tell the readers how by the 
application of reason the Mourners are 
comforted? 

Answer. — The effect of sorrow and grief 
of a human being, after the Transition of a 
loved one, is most deplorable, especially upon 
the one just passing over. The grief that one 
harbors on earth over the Transition of the 
loved one, must necessarily envelop him with 
a darkening Aura, which shall make that 
darkening, or density so great that it will 
repel that loved one, who might if the one 
who is suffering would but cheer and be brave, 
for this spirit then might come near and 
whisper words of comfort, and let it be known 

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that he still lives and is happy in his new 
home. The mourners also in their grief repel 
those guardian angels of brightness, who find 
it impossible to come close and comfort and 
give nnto the mourners knowledge of the 
life of those who have passed on; so the ones 
on the earth life who call around themselves 
this darkening influence must know that it 
is only the evil spirits of the first sphere who 
can in reality penetrate the darkness and 
come near. 

And as hard as it is to say to thee, it is 
the truth, that there are those evil ones who 
take delight in harassing and bringing grief 
and greater sorrow to the one that is in 
earthly grief, over the transition of the loved 
one, and also this grief retards the progress 
of the one that has passed over, for they sense 
to an extreme, that is pain to them, of the 
sorrowing of the one that they have left on 
earth, and their sympathy is awakened to 
that extent that they linger near, hoping and 
trusting that they may enlighten them and 
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that their earthly sorrow may be lessened, 
when otherwise if one would only understand 
the true life of the Beyond, and feel that 
when one has gone, that it is God's way and 
God's law and that it cannot be overcome, 
and would be cheerful and bright although 
their hearts did ache. They would then gain 
strength and be braver and stronger and give 
unto the one who has passed over a new 
life lease, and a new courage to go on and 
take up his work in the sphere he has 
gained by his own efforts and actions in 
life. 

Although the departed are taken to a 
higher sphere by these guardian angels, 
still there is ever that longing and desire 
within them, if they are good spirits, to 
return to the sorrowing ones on earth and 
give them comfort with the knowledge that 
they still live, but in this as I have said 
they are hampered to that extent that it 
is impossible for them to penetrate the 
Aura of the sorowing one, so then again 
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they return to earth and then again they 
go to the sphere allotted them and back and 
forth, nntil their whole sonl is absorbed in 
the one desire to give comfort to the sor- 
rowing one. 

Because of this situation their own life in 
the Beyond is retarded when they might, if 
they were relieved from the sympathy for the 
sorrowing, or mourning ones on earth, be 
progressing and going to the limit of that 
which is their share in the Sphere where they 
shall dwell. 

Again the lesson to thee should be that it 
not only is retarding the growth, and de- 
stroying the peace of mind and the hap- 
piness of the departed one, but thou art 
again, I say calling around thee by such 
grief those evil spirits of designs, who are 
of no benefit to thee, but will bring to thee 
more sorrow. 

And also while ye are mourning and griev- 
ing over that which ye have no power to 
change, ye in your own life might be a shin- 
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ing light for those who art near thee on 
earth. 

And this which is called the grief of the 
departure of loved ones, is sensed and felt 
by all earthly beings who come near thee, or 
who inhabit the same homes with thee. Now 
stop, dear reader, and realize the grief and 
the sorrow that ye are casting about thee in- 
stead of sowing seeds of sunshine and light, 
for it is within thee, if thou wilt but assert 
thy manhood and thy womanhood to cast off 
sorrow, as ye should cast off evil, and bring 
to the loved ones brightness and an incentive 
to go on in their future life as well as to be 
a blessing to those who are still left near 
thee on the earth plane. 

The old saying is " That to suffer is to 
grow strong " but this is not meant that ye 
shall invite and harbor suffering near thee 
and forever cling to it, shutting out all God- 
like emblems of inspiration from the angel 
world. It means that ye shall assert thy 
strength of character and cast from thee the 
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evil that succeeds and follows sorrow and 
grief, and that ye shall rise above it and say 
Master, I know that Thou too hast suffered, 
and I shall be as Thou hast been of that 
strength that I shall cast from me and go 
about my labors on earth, trusting my loved 
ones in thy care, feeling that thou shalt re- 
ward or give unto them, all that is best and 
needful for this one who has passed from my 
life and gone to an unknown world, and in 
this Thou shalt say I put all trust in the 
Master of the destiny of our lives, and in my 
strength I shall take up new labors that shall 
take my mind and attention from this grief, 
and I shall not forget the good of that loved 
one who has passed away, but shall make it 
an incentive for my own betterment, and I 
shall not grieve but I shall cast seeds of 
blessing and seeds of brightness for those who 
need me on earth, until my own summons 
shall come and my Master shall then have 
that to say of me, ' ' Thou hast done thy 
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There is no religion, nor no creed on the 
earth plane, but that has the inspiration in 
it to reach ont for something better than a 
selfish grief that ye have been robbed of your 
loved ones, and Spiritualism also teaches that 
ye are not robbed, but simply separated for 
the time being, and that the loved one who 
has passed on, has been given his or her 
reward, or punishment as it may be, and that 
the sorrows and physical pains on earth are 
over. 

Then why should I mourn, ye should say, 
for in this thou hast the comfort of the knowl- 
edge of their return and if thou willst but 
make thy life a bright Sunshiny life, then 
these beautiful spirits can come to thee, and 
in some way, and at some time, answer thy 
prayer and unite thee again to the loved one 
who has in love and purity been building a 
home for thee, and stands ready to greet thee 
and aid thee and help thee, as a sister or a 
brother in the life that is a glorious land of 
Sunshine forevermore. 

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Let this little lesson in this chapter be to 
many sorrowing hearts on the earth plane 
an incentive of courage, strength, and char- 
acter, that shall enable thee to bear thy bur- 
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CHAPTEB XIII 
ACCUMULATION OF WEALTH 

Question. — What is the effect in Spirit 
life of the unjust accumulation of wealth and 
what are some of the duties of its holders? 

Answer. — It is a pleasure to me, to have 
this blessed privilege, of coming back to 
Earth again, and coming to the people, and 
appealing to them that there is something 
higher and something of greater worth in life, 
and in the Spheres Beyond, than the accumu- 
lation of the Earth wealth. 

Now in this chapter, I am talking especially 
to those people, who have been so fortunate 
that they are enabled to accumulate more of 
the Earth's wealth than is necessary for their 
own individual necessities. 

Now man and woman of the Earth, and of 

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its wealth, what is your duty to your brother 
man and sister woman? It is not that you 
keep on in your life of hoarding your treas- 
ures for your own selfish pleasure and gain, 
and depriving those who, if they but had the 
actual necessities that they needed in life, 
they might better awaken to the possibilities 
of a better life. Are you not in your selfish- 
ness in hoarding your wealth responsible in 
a measure, for a good share of the evil on 
Earth? Take for instance the idle men of the 
day, would they be idle if this wealth were 
more evenly distributed among mankind! 

And if in their idleness they are tempted 
and fall, is it the wealth of the earth plane 
that reaches down and lifts these fallen men 
or women and assists them, when the wealth 
holders are perfectly able to assist, and with- 
out injuring their own earthly prospects in 
any manner? I say to you, that thou hast 
it upon thy head, if thou dost not reach out 
to help those beneath you, when you see that 
just a little of that which you have accumu- 

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lated would keep them from this temptation 
and give to them at least a decent life on 
earth, and in giving encouragement and a 
betterment and an incentive for the right life, 
is it not more to you, wealthy man, than 
the hoarding of your treasures on earth, 
which shall be taken from you as you pass 
the portals, and will ne'er be counted in 
your favor as a farthing or a jewel of any 
price ? 

It is but a worthless drug upon your shoul- 
ders, when you pass to the higher Spheres 
and then you will be confronted with this; 
"What hast thou done for Mankind? What 
hast thou done to assist thou brother man? 
I plead with thee awaken now, to the neces- 
sity of giving a part at least of your hoarded 
treasures to those in need, remember those 
who are tempted to crime, are oftentimes 
but the results of your own hoarding and 
your own neglect of your duty to your fel- 
low men. 

When on Earth, I was a public speaker, 
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question of what could be done to arouse 
those who had plenty of the Earth's wealth 
to reach out and help those who were leading 
the life that would meet with punishment 
and darkness in the future. Since my Transi- 
tion to the Higher Spheres, I have traversed 
through the first and second and now am in 
the Third Sphere and I find wherever I have 
traveled the results man of wealth, of your 
wrong living, for I have seen what you might 
have done, and I have seen where you might 
have assisted others, and I have seen where 
you yourself, have darkened your own future 
life in the Spheres in which you will be called 
to dwell. Now man of the greedy heart, 
man of the selfish nature, is it not the time 
for you to arouse yourself and cast from you 
that chain that shall bind you down and chain 
you to the darkened Sphere with the lowest, 
the murderer and those of the criminal class, 
for you have sinned as they have sinned, and 
to me your crime is greater because you are 
supposed to be of a mind that is capable to 
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rise above the evils of the Earth. As I look 
upon the results of this uneven and unjust 
accumulation of wealth, it seems to me from 
the Spirit side, that I never sensed the evil 
of the man who lived for the greed of gain 
as I now do. 

I have had my experience with many of 
those, who allowed the earth messengers or 
mediums, on earth for the other worlds, suffer 
in vain for even the necessary dollars to carry 
them from one place to the other that they 
might bring the glad tidings of the future 
life, but I never on Earth comprehended what 
this all meant until I passed to the Beyond, 
and again I plead with you man and woman 
of wealth, that there is something for you in 
the life beyond, other than this accumulation 
of the mighty dollar, which is but a selfish 
greed within your heart. 

That greed not only destroys the best 
within you, and numbs it, and creates within 
yourself no intellectual power, and you are 
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a fair chance to live in some manner of com- 
fort, if not of privileges^ that wealthy ones 
are so ready to accept for themselves. 

In my investigations in the first Sphere I 
found that there are many and numerous 
Millionaires there, who had supposed that 
they were the great Lords of Creation, who 
are to-day down in the very depths of despair 
and as it were, are at the very foot of th£ 
ladder and they have yet to reach out and 
grasp and climb, as the criminal has, because 
they too have failed, when it was near them 
and within their power to assist mankind, 
and make themselves more spiritual. 

On Earth they have grasped and robbed 
whom they did business with, for their own 
personal gain, and I find these Millionaires 
classed with the criminals who have in their 
ignorance committed crime. 

Is this not enough to awaken you, and is 
this not enough to bring you to the sense of 
reform, and to stop your reaching out and 
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erly belong to you, for no man is entitled to 
more than he can necessarily use for the 
necessary comforts, and all that he gains then, 
is of little worth to him, when he passes to 
the life of the angel world? 

Then there is another side to the story, for 
yon have a chance if yon but will before the 
hour of thy transition comes, to redeem your- 
self by letting out this wealth in a manner 
that shall aid and assist in the enlightenment 
of mankind. This is a period when it re- 
quires a war, a Eevolutionary War I might 
say, to awaken the masses to the realization 
of the evil that is on this earth plane. 

The time is here man of worth, when you 
can redeem yourself and commence the life 
that shall lead you to a home not of bitter- 
ness, sorrow and punishment but one of glori- 
ous and grand spirituality, that shall make 
your soul forever in peace, comfort and con- 
tentment for all time, if ye will seek for the 
higher in life, and ye shall find and it will 
be given unto thee Man. 
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CHAPTEE XIV 

INHEEITED EVIL AND EETEOGEESSION TO THE 
FIEST SPHEEE 

Question. — In what way is Evil considered 
and punishment therefor directed? 

Answer. — There is one class of human 
beings in whom I feel a special interest and 
sympathy, both in the earthly life and the 
life that is yet to come for them, and that is 
the human beings who have inherited evil 
conditions and evil natures from those who 
have brought them to earth life or given 
them birth. To these beings who have in- 
herited evil much consideration and sympathy 
is given them, in the life which they take up 
in the Beyond. The Great Master's helpers 
or the Prophets and their secondary workers, 
or the angels, bear all this in mind and deal 
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gently and kindly with those who have sinned 
through their inheritance, for they deem it 
is a sin brought upon them without their 
effort, or without their desires and the child 
that is brought into life through sin, or sin- 
ful parents is certainly one to receive the 
deepest and the most heartfelt sympathy that 
can be given to mankind. For such child, 
if born of good parents, and has that in him 
of the good, and then sins it is of a different 
standing. If ye who read these lines, are one 
of the earth's poor unfortunates, who has 
been brought upon the earth plane by sinful 
parents, or their ancestors of the past, re- 
member that if ye in the effort put forth, is 
for good it shall be given to thee as a reward 
greater than for the one who has been born 
well and without sin, for he has a double 
struggle, a twice double struggle to overcome 
the evil with the good, with which the being 
who is born of good parents has. 

Therefore despair not, kind reader, if ye 
are one of these unfortunates but take up thy 
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life work without ever shirking, or fearing 
for the future if ye will in thy strength of 
manhood, or womanhood, assert the good that 
is in thee, even if it is but a tiny speck, let 
it blossom and grow until it shall pass from 
thee, or overcome the evil that thou hast in- 
herited and thy life shall not be spent in 
vain. 

By this, I do not mean that thou canst go 
along in thy earth life and sin, and reap re- 
ward, for this is not so, for no man sows 
seeds of sin but must reap a harvest of pun- 
ishment, but I say that those who are not re- 
sponsible for this which they have inherited, 
will receive much less punishment and greater 
consideration in the final adjustment of their 
life. Parents who have been responsible for 
bringing a child into the earth life in the path 
of sin, shall receive twice more of punishment 
than the parent who has brought the child 
in purity and love. He must reap what he 
has sown and it will not be a bed of roses but 
it will be a punishment that shall be that 
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severe punishment and great effort of his 
own, so beware parents! before ye take 
upon thyself the responsibility of adding 
crime to the life that is yet to come to thee 
in the future, for if thou dost give unto thy 
child that is born to thee the inclination for 
sin, and he carries out that inclination then 
remember ye are the sinner and ye are the 
one who shall be punished until it is wiped 
from the slate of record of thy soul. 

This ye cannot escape, man for it is as 
sure thy fate as the Sun that shines, but ye 
too have a chance while yet on earth to re- 
deem thyself in a great measure, by living 
such a life that will make thy soul arise 
above and beyond the sins of thy past. 

Let thy life and thy work in the future be 
forever a silent prayer to all that is good, 
so that at the last good shall overcome evil. 

Question. — Is there Retrogression to the 
First Sphere as well as Progression in the 
Spheres? 

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Answer. — In the Higher Spheres there is 
only Retrogression when Progression ceases, 
with any Spirit, and this may be to the first 
Sphere of those darkened Spirits, who have 
desired to become of the better, and have 
gained sufficient knowledge and instruction to 
enter the second Sphere, and then have be- 
come despondent, or have taken on a desire 
for earthly conditions, or where earthly con- 
ditions have come upon him once more, and 
he has not gained sufficient strength, to cast 
from him this desire to return again to the 
earth life, or to some of his old associates, 
for evil purposes, or evil inspirations to those 
who have been in the past his companions. 
Then again, where one's strength has been 
overestimated by these Guides, who have 
passed them to a higher Sphere, they in time 
may retrograde again, or desire rather to go 
back, for instruction in a lower sphere, as 
for instance, at times there are those who 
have been passed to the third Sphere, that 
it is found that they are lacking in some line 
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of knowledge, or they may have shifted to 
another line of work and they then see the 
necessity of going back to the second Sphere 
to take up instructions in the new labors. 

In such instances Spirits go backward, but 
as to the real spirituality of the Soul, there 
is but little Eetrogression, the majority of 
Spirits when their souls are once awakened 
to climb the ladder of Fame, and do that 
which will bring them greater peace, and a 
more spiritual life, are ready to follow in 
this line, rather than to suffer that which 
has been their part in their Earth life, or in 
their existence in the first Sphere. 

So it is in but rare cases, where there is 
Eetrogression, for it is talked to them and 
constantly imbibed in them, that the law of 
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CHAPTER XV 

SCIENCE ENLIGHTENMENT VeTSUS RELIGIOUS 
CREEDS 

Question. — In what way have religious 
creeds retarded Scientific Communications be- 
tween the Spheres and Earth Life? 

Answer. — In the study of any theory, or 
creed of religious doctrine, the individual 
should ever bear in mind, that all should have 
a searching investigation of the right of each 
creed and then from this, each individual 
must select that which appeals to him and 
seems right, and at the same time remember 
this; that thou must not cling to the old 
ancient theories that were given ages ago, 
for man was not then in a manner born for 
intellectual force, or energy of thought, or 
the solving of scientific problems. In the day 
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and age when all the creeds of the earth were 
handed down to man, remember they were 
in all instances founded upon simple the- 
ories, and faith of what the future might be. 
Listen, now while I tell you what is a fact, 
and ye should listen, whether Ministers, or 
laymen, or of whatever profession ye may 
be, ye must admit that not one of the old time 
creeds was handed down from a scientific 
point. How many Scientists in the age of 
the Prophets were there who had given the 
smallest attention and had earnestly investi- 
gated what was the future life? Did they 
not come to thee and give to thee in their 
crude manner that which they had been 
taught, or believed to be a fact? Was there 
one among them who ever analyzed, or 
showed a scientific unfoldment of the prob- 
lems of the life that was then unknown? You 
must admit that scientists of that day were 
unknown, as well as even a venture in the way 
of a scientific analysis of the problem of what 
the future was to be. And later on, as gener- 

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ation after generation passed, then the scien- 
tists commenced in their simple and unedu- 
cated manner with a fear that there was no 
such thing as a scientific investigation of the 
future life, but after delving into the mys- 
teries of the unknown it was apparent in a 
short time that there was much of knowledge 
to be gained, and in this course as it was pur- 
sued along a scientific line there was constant 
development and even many scientists in the 
past two centuries have given unto the world 
knowledge, of that force and of knowledge, 
of that weight and depth that it could not be 
denied by those who had made the investiga- 
tion. The people, the poor darkened earth 
people were not in a spirit of mind to accept 
this and they even strove and fought against 
greater knowledge than what had been 
handed down to them in the ages gone past. 
O blind ignorance, sublime man of earth 
who thinks he cannot, who thinks he must 
not progress in the knowledge of what is to 
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plane. will the day ever come when the en- 
lightenment of man will be brought about so 
that he is ever ready to grasp truth as it is 
given not only by the great Scientists of the 
world but by the great Euler of all things — 
Nature — There is so much bigotry and igno- 
rance and stubbornness in the Art of not be- 
lieving that which the Scientists have dis- 
covered and had made a thorough lesson to 
the people, and there still is that sublime 
knowledge of the man that it cannot be so. 
Student of Nature, tell me why thou didst 
resist knowledge, that would bring to thee 
an unf oldment of the manner of right living, 
not only in this earth plane but in the Spheres 
which you and all are sure to dwell in later 
on. why has man fought so long against 
what is the most glorious and grand en- 
lightenment of all the Spheres that were ever 
discovered? Answer this if ye can? It is 
from what ye have gained through ages of 
blind and false teachings of the Creeds of the 

Churches. 

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Question. — What effect have scientific 
investigations had in promoting communi- 
cations between the Spheres and Earth 
Life? 

Answer. — After the time came when these 
Scientists began to explore the unknown 
worlds and became satisfied of other worlds 
in existence then came the courage of those 
Angel Spirits, who had for ages fought and 
tried under great difficulties, because of the 
ignorance of the people, to make mankind 
know that they still lived in other Spheres 
and that there was a glorious life Beyond. 
Then following these investigations came the 
manifestations from the higher Spheres of 
Spirits who had learned that at last the 
earthly people were awakening, but what the 
earth people should have learned, say in one 
year, they have taken one hundred years to 
develop their sense of the knowledge of the 
future life in worlds beside this earthly plane. 
From that time down came new develop- 
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that is yet to be, for those on Earth, and as 
these scientific investigations were carried on 
and more of the Angels from the higher 
Spheres came and heralded the glad tidings 
that there was life beyond the grave, they 
have progressed until now, within the past 
twenty-five years there has been great devel- 
opment, compared to what theretofore was, 
but still there must be greater yet, and now 
at this time and day we must awaken to the 
fact, and ye cannot deny that the Spirit re- 
turns, when it lisps to you these words of 
enlightenment which shall carry thee to a 
home that shall be thy eternal home, but only 
under the conditions in which thou hast dwelt 
on earth, shall that be of the beauteous and 
of the perfection, or of the darkness. It is 
for thee man of earth to rise above the old 
teachings and the creeds of the Churches and 
whatever it may be, and bring that innermost 
part of Spirituality within thy being and let 
it crop out to the Fore, until ye defy man on 
Earth, and at all times place thyself ready 
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to accept the whisperings and the inspiration 
of those in the Spheres above. 

There is no condition of ignorance that is so 
sublime and so muzzled as is that ignorance 
that will not accept enlightenment, as to 
whatever may be for the betterment of all 
mankind. 

O, Tell me, scoffer and sneerer if ye can, 
what ye fear, if ye have made your life on 
earth as it should be and your conscience is 
clear, then why do you fear what may be on 
the other side of the River that ye are all 
bound to cross? 

Is it that ye stand back and see thy own 
sins, and have become resigned to hell, or the 
old Bible teachings? If this is why, ye do 
not advance and progress and become a 
learned individual of all that may be on the 
earth plane, as well as the Spheres of the 
Beyond, then cast from thee this feeling of 
despair which thou art harboring, and which 
ye feel is your doom, for there is a better to- 
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brightness and gladness that ye will then 
understand the teachings of the higher 
Spheres, which will show thee that this earth 
is hut the beginning of mankind. It is only 
the crudest part of the life that ye must sur- 
vive, and ye must know too that if thou dost 
begin aright and follow out the right in all 
things, in the first cycle of thy life, then more 
beautifully, gloriously and grandly, will be 
the results in the Cycles which are yet to 
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CHAPTEE XVI 

BUILDING OF YOUR HOME IN THE HIGHER 
SPHEEES 

Question. — How does Earthly conduct and 
morality of the individual effect his future 
home in the Higher Spheres? 

Answer. — There is much wonderment of 
mankind, as to their habitation in the higher 
Spheres, or as to that which pertains to the 
home there. While in the first, second, and 
third Spheres the Spirits have their homes 
similar to what ye have on Earth, although 
here again, we find a great improvement in 
all designs of architecture and manner of 
building these homes, and also of the fur- 
nishings, for as has been said to thee in pre- 
vious chapters the greatest of all inventions 
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and also as to the architectural designs of the 
palaces of the highest spheres, where man 
shall dwell if he has bnilded well, and such 
designs are of immense grandeur compared 
with what is in Earth life. Ye have but to 
compare thy own darkened life, here on 
earth and thy own hampered life that has 
kept thee perhaps from fulfilling thy desires 
from and giving to thee the home which thou 
hast ever desired, but if the life here is led 
aright and if in passing through the first 
sphere ye redeem yourself, and perfect thy- 
self in purity and all the enlightenment that 
is required as necessary there, then ye may 
rest assured that in the higher spheres ye 
shall be given a home that shall complete all 
desires that ye may have had in earth life, 
and be far superior to any idea that thou 
may ever had of a home. 

To be sure there are many mansions on the 
earth plane, of great beauty and grandeur, 
but we find them to greatly exceed this in the 
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fear, earth man, if ye will but adjust thy life 
to the laws of Nature and to God's laws, and 
live such a beautiful life on earth that ye shall 
respond to all that is pure and good, and 
when thy time comes for the judgment to be 
passed upon thee thy Master can well say; 
" Thou hast built well and thy home shall be 
one of grandeur." It stands for thee to 
assert thyself and build as ye should, and it 
is for thee to make thy home in the higher 
spheres of whatever grade of grandeur that 
thy heart must most desire. 

Also in the higher spheres we have the 
most beautiful and grand scenery unknown 
to the eye of man, and it is so superior in its 
many trees and shrubberies and beautiful 
flowers of all kinds that it would be as a 
dream to the earthly people, and so on, ye 
can look in any direction that ye may, after 
passing to these spheres, and ye can see 
nothing in sight but what is far superior 
and of higher enlightenment and beautifica- 
tion than what ye find on earth. 
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Our Eivers, our Mountains and our Seas 
are still more beautiful than on earth, and so 
on I could picture the beauties to thee, as 
we pass along in this little book of enlighten- 
ment, from the Spirits of the other life. Ye 
cannot find a darkening cloud in thy life be- 
yond, that will be shown to thee, if thou dost 
but lead the right life, but remember, man of 
the earthly world, this beauty and this gran- 
deur of the higher spheres are not for thee 
unless thy life on earth has been such as shall 
conform and entitle thee to the beauties of 
the Spiritual life. Ye will be required to 
remain in this sphere of darkness where the 
sorrowing heart is of grief and conscience 
smitten, and disappointment and regret, for 
what it has done and failed to do in earth 
life. And then again, as to the Art works 
of the higher spheres, it is on the same 
plane that I have described to you in pre- 
vious chapters, that all is of so much higher 
grade of work and perfection, that it can 
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cepting in that the Earthly Arts of all kinds 
are in their first and most crude state, and are 
but a Child's work compared with that of the 
Spirit workers in those higher spheres of 
beauty, where ye have a chance to dwell and 
make thy home for all eternity, if thou dost 
but make thy life on earth one glad sunshiny 
day, that shall cast its beams broadcast and 
shall sow around those who are in darkness 
inspiration and ambition to come too, to those 
rays of light that thou hast shed for them, 
and in their coming they too shall be awak- 
ened, to seek that they may build their man- 
sion in the skies. And in the building to this, 
remember the material that is necessary to 
build this home is pueity, tempeeance, chae- 

ITY, KINDNESS OF HEAET, UNSELFISHNESS, and 

the great ambition of thy soul must be at all 
times to make each day better and each day 
nearer that which thy Master wishes thee to 
live, and in thy building of this Mansion with 
these pearly gems, I have spoken of, as the 
foundation of that home let it be peogeession. 
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In thy earthly work if it is possible, or ye 
can adjust thyself to that, take up the work, 
that thou canst do with an earnestness of pur- 
pose and love at heart, and if ye are perform- 
ing those labors that are not of pleasure to 
thee, then seek until thou shalt find that which 
thou canst throw thy whole strength of man- 
hood in, until thou canst make thy life 's labors 
on earth a pleasure, and then if thou dost find 
that which ye especially love to do, then per- 
fect thyself in every line of that work until 
ye can know that ye are doing the best that is 
within thee. 

Then when thy love and thy strength and 
thy education in this line have become more 
complete, ye may know that if it is thy desire, 
and thy wish in the other life, this same labor 
shall be given to thee in a much higher state, 
that shall complete thy desires and thy wishes 
for whatever thou mayest be called upon 
to do. 

It is much better that the earthly man al- 
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of him, or in which he feels that he has the 
inspiration of right in him, as then he will do 
the work with a much better will and in the 
other life he can be accredited with having 
put forth the best effort that was in his power, 
amidst the earthly conditions which have re- 
tarded and hampered the growth in all labors. 

All this will be taken in account when thy 
final life's work is adjusted, to the element 
that is in thee, that shall call for the work that 
shall be of the highest order for thee. Now, 
brave man or coward, whichever ye may be, 
take heart for the to-morrow, for it is as ye 
will, and it is as thou shalt build for thyself 
for if thou dost but exert thyself, and cast 
from thee every evil, or every harassing 
thought, that shall deplete thy vitality, 
strength and manhood and drive from thee 
the good, then thou hast not labored in vain, 
but thou art building again for thy home 
above. 

There is much in this life that thou canst 
do to avoid lessons in the future, by thy work- 

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ing here in thy labors in the right spirit, and 
manner, and thou shalt not only bring peace 
and contentment and a high hope for the 
future, but thou art saving and gaining that 
much time, that might be spent in the fields of 
punishment, and to lessen the greater labor to 
whiten thy soul. All this thou canst avoid, if 
thou but will and in the avoidance thou art 
bringing to thy neighbor man or woman an 
incentive too, that they shall reap that in the 
earth plane, and make the commencement for 
the foundation for their home, that which the 
Master shall admire and commend. 

Now is this not an incentive, for thee to 
cast from thee, despairing thoughts of dis- 
couragement and fear for the future, but let 
thy life of Intelligence, call for inspiration 
and aid to these angels, who stand ever ready 
to aid and assist thee and thou shalt have 
hope in thy efforts, if thou wilt but put forth 
the right earnestness of Spirit and show the 
will of honesty and truth for this life. 

There is no man but has the effort, if he will 
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but put it forth, and no man is punished if he 
has done the best within him, under the 
earthly conditions, so let this forever be thy 
motto ' ' Up and doing the best within me, and 
in doing the best, I am growing and cultivat- 
ing the highest spirit of manhood within me, 
for the building of my home in the skies. ' ' 

This advice and knowledge are given unto 
thee by a Spirit from the third Sphere who is 
making it his Eternal work and pleasure to 
come to Earth, and give unto man an inspira- 
tion for preparation and advancement after 
his Transition. 



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CHAPTEE XVII 

AID TO INSPIRATIONAL SPIRITUAL SPEAKERS 
AND WORKERS 

Question. — What credit accrues in Spirit 
Life to those, who in Earth Life give aid and 
support to the cause of Spiritual Education? 

Answer. — During fifty years of loyal and 
sacrificing labors for the Earth people in 
giving unto them messages and lectures 
of enlightenment and instruction from the 
Higher Spheres, I have found that in those 
labors there has often been a distinct un- 
gratefulness of the people on Earth toward 
these chosen Earth Messengers, who have oft 
times against their own will and pleasure, 
been forced into the ranks of itinerant labors 
by the Higher Forces which they could not 
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They have given their lives and sacrificed 
their homes and their children and their 
pleasures for the good of Mankind of Earth, 
but still these people, and I found them many- 
times in the majority, who were perfectly able 
to assist and render financial aid as well as 
encouragement failed in their duty to their 
sister and brother man. 

Now in coming back to Earth, I speak to 
thee, not with regret of my own self, but of 
the future of those who are left on the Earth 
plane, to labor for the Spirit world, and for 
the good of mankind. People of the en- 
lightened minds, who are seeking for knowl- 
edge from the Higher Spheres, although you 
think it not the duty of your own, to bring 
about the comfort for these angel messengers 
of Earth, remember that it is not the man, 
or woman of Earth that is now talking to 
you, and pleading with you, for the right life, 
but it is a messenger sent by God through 
Angels who have been chosen for the band, 
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the Medium. You have a duty to perform 
in aiding these if you wish to benefit man- 
kind, and I know of no place on earth where 
there can be more good accomplished than in 
assistance rendered to these messengers of 
higher knowledge. There are many to-day, 
in the fields of labor, who are without the 
necessary funds for their own comfort, much 
less luxuries or even the necessities. 

As I have previously spoken in another 
chapter, of the accumulation of wealth, right 
here, man of wealth, is your chance to re- 
deem yourself for any past error in life, right 
here is a mighty fine opportunity to open the 
purse strings, and aid not only the poor 
medium, who is traveling from place to place, 
in his efforts to conform to the wishes of 
those Angels, but you are cleansing your own 
soul and preparing for your own home above, 
and not only this, kind man and woman of 
wealth, you are bringing peace and encour- 
agement to these faithful, loving, charitable, 
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spheres, who devote all their time to these 
mediums, and work under the most difficult 
conditions of which man knows not of, and 
if you only knew, dear reader, how much you 
are needed right here, what a chance there 
is for you to do good, here on Earth, and 
redeem yourself and place in your Crown in 
the other life a Jewel that shall show the 
brightness and lightness of your own soul. 
Now you need not say, that you do not know 
what to do, for there is an opportunity that 
shall be rich as gold, but remember that you 
are not to help those who can help themselves, 
but those who are struggling so faithfully in 
the fields of labor for the Spirit world. I 
could cite numerous mediums, as there are 
mediums whom I well knew on the Earth, who 
need right now, to-day, your assistance, and 
I can also cite others who have passed over 
the border of life, who have been on the Earth 
plane and in their beautiful sacrificing life 
in the labors for, and the assistance to these 
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aiding and working in life many years yet, if 
yon had only but given them the aid and sup- 
port in their good deeds. You know, man 
of wealth, that you have not done your duty, 
if you have not opened out your heart to those 
who are struggling for the betterment of man. 
Of course, I realize that there are many Un- 
fortunates suffering for the necessaries of life, 
in the way of a living, but this too, can be 
remedied, by those who have more of the 
Earth's lucre than which is their right, for 
as I have said no man is deserving of more 
than what he actually needs. 

As I look back on the Earth plane, after 
the knowledge I had gained through years 
of labor I never knew the time so ripe, for so 
rich a harvest of Spirituality, in the hearts 
of mankind as to-day. 

The time is fast approaching when there 
is to be a great Revelation of the Higher 
Spheres, that shall give again unto mankind, 
a new impetus for and a renewal of Spiritual 
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given in this third Sphere, where I now re- 
side, for the coming of the Prophets shall 
herald to you mighty labors, in the Spiritual 
fold, so be ready, and have the army of 
workers ready to assist those Prophets and 
this will be the building that shall make thee 
forever of Spiritual peace and contentment. 

0, if I could only but describe to you, all 
that I have encountered and seen in these 
Spheres, I am sure, dear brother and sister, 
your hearts would be awakened to your duty 
of aiding those who are messengers of these 
Spheres of Spirituality beauty and grandeur. 

If you could only see and know, these 
beautiful souls who are coming back to Earth 
to lisp inspiration, affection, love and encour- 
agement to their darkened brothers and sis- 
ters on Earth, it would shame you, for your 
lack of enterprise in the manner of giving 
earthly comfort to these mediums who are 
chosen as their workers. 

0, these beautiful souls, who have passed 
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of ages gone past, which has cleansed them 
from all Earthly environments and made 
them so Spiritual, that even I who had labored 
for so many years for these spirits, and sac- 
rificed to the best of my knowledge, and had 
given my life, and had sacrificed my home, 
my child, and all of my home pleasures for 
them, still I draw back in fear and sorrow 
that I on Earth had not done more, and had 
not thereby made my soul whiter in the labors 
for the Lord. 

the beauties of these beings, as they come 
to me, they are of that inspiration that is 
beyond all conception of man or woman kind 
on Earth. there is so much, in this life, 
there is so much in what is the Eternal life 
of the soul of man, and if you could but sense 
and know the joy of living free from the old 
physical body and its pain, it would certainly 
be an incentive to you to do all that you can 
on the Earth plane that you might pass to 
the Higher Spheres, in the right path. If 
you could only know, as I know now that 
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Earth is the beginning of mankind, and that 
you have been placed on Earth to commence 
aright and it means so much to yon, if you 
could only understand, how important it is 
to live right on Earth, that you may escape 
the first Sphere, which is in reality the old- 
time hell preached by the Churches, that is, 
I say it is so, but not of the burning kind, 
but I am sure there are many Sinners in that 
first Sphere, who wish they could be burned 
and have it ended, for their souls have been 
awakened to their sins on the Earth plane 
until in their agony they cry out, Lord, 
how long, how long? 

But it is not necessary for any human 
beings to reside in the first Sphere, if they 
will only understand what their Earth life 
should be. 

I understand well, and I did not live all 
those years on the Earth plane without knowl- 
edge, and I understand the condition under 
which you are laboring, and I know how diffi- 
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right, and I know that there are millions 
of good people on the Earth plane, that have 
within their hearts the best, who oftentimes 
are tempted and step aside, just because of 
their Earth conditions, but, man and 
woman, if you only really understood the 
true situation and understood what this life 
is in the Beyond, you would not step aside 
for any condition no matter what it is, but 
Ye would stand forth, ye would stand with 
the strength of womanhood and manhood 
within you, that no Earthly condition could 
jar you aside. 

Now I must close this article, but I must 
plead once more to you, to let no opportun- 
ity pass by, that you might add to your 
crown of jewels. There are many ways, and 
this is just one chance, I have told you of, 
but there are many ways that I might cite 
to you in which you could better yourself for 
the life in the to-morrow. 

Dear brothers and sisters, this is one 
chance, and if you will but seek other chances 

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there never was a time, but where yon can 
find and see good, if you will seek for it, for 
there is always some kind Angel from above 
reaching down and whispering inspiration 
that will lead you aright if your heart only 
reaches out and comes in contact with the 
Spirituality of the beautiful souls of the 
Angel Worlds, and then you will know and 
you will understand your duties, and you 
will not fail. 



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CHAPTER XVIII 

SOUL GROWTH AND CAPITAL PUNISHMENT 
VIEWED SPIRITUALLY 

Question. — What are some of the re- 
forms needful to Soul Growth? 

Answer. — The efforts needful to put forth 
for the surest growth of the Soul for the life 
to he taken up after crossing the Eiver of 
Life, are numerous. It can he in the way of 
Charitable acts; it can be in the constant 
hope and effort put forth for Eternal prog- 
ress, by ever reaching out for inspiration 
from these Higher Spheres, that the Spirits 
of the Spheres may assist and guide thee in 
thy earthly labors, no matter what those 
labors may be, even although they be of the 
lowest, or of the simplest form. 

Ever hold within your Soul that deter- 

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mination to do whatever is placed before 
thee, with a Godlike cheerfulness and a God- 
like desire for the highest within thee, to 
come to the fore and aid thee, in thy life 
although thy effort may be of strictly ma- 
terial force. 

And again, the Soul may grow to reach 
the greatest heights, for the one who has 
plenty of the earth's riches, by building 
homes for those who are decrepit, and those 
who are crippled and those who are unfitted 
and weary with the struggles of life. 

He may build those homes which shall not 
be as it were, to them the county farms, but 
shall be homes of instruction and right for 
the men, or women who have been hampered 
by earthly conditions, and who have not been 
able, after great efforts to bring to them- 
selves, all the needed requirements of earth's 
finances, which should have placed them in 
homes of their desires, and which might 
instil in them greater and better Earth work. 
Then again, man and woman, who truly 
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and earnestly wish for the Soul's growth for 
a preparation of the life Beyond, ye have 
mighty labors on Earth to perform in the 
way of reforms in your prisons. 

Question. — How is Capital punishment 
viewed by the Intelligences of the Higher 
Spheres? 

Answer. — In one vital instance ye have a 
chance to perform great good for those dark- 
ened Souls who have been condemned to 
prison walls, in working for reforms which 
shall abolish and do away with a second 
crime, called on Earth murder; that is in 
what ye call the execution of man. could ye 
but know the blackening of the Soul of the 
Judge who condemns the man to death by 
execution, through the hand of mortal man. 
blind ignorance, know ye not that this is 
double crime? This is as much a murder 
as the crime he undertakes to punish through 
man-made laws. Ye should know that this 
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Where is the teaching that ye have re- 
ceived, or the religion or creeds of any 
Church that teaches from authority, that be- 
cause one man murders another must mur- 
der to wipe out the sin? Cite to me, if ye 
can, one instance of teachings from the 
Prophets, which tells that man must commit 
murder to wipe out the murder of the poor 
weakened sinner. 

Perhaps this sin has been committed 
through ignorance, of the use of intoxicant 
liquors made by responsible men for their 
own selfish gain, by ruining and sending to 
long suffering their weaker brother. 

This liquor that has robbed the man of his 
own true manhood and individuality then 
becomes the original cause, by which he in 
his weakness and numbness creates a crime. 
Then twelve men who sit in judgment and 
supposed to be filled with wisdom, and 
charged by a learned man who calls himself 
the judge of mankind, through man-made 
laws, must all commit murder to wipe off 
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the Earth this poor weak sinner 's crime, and 
send him to another Sphere where he must 
still suffer and be robbed of his chance of 
Redemption? No indeed, no. In the Spheres 
in the Beyond this is classed as high mur- 
der, as much as the fallen criminal's, for the 
Great Master recognizes no law made by 
man, except when that law is for the better- 
ment of the Souls of his Children. 

Then again, the Earthly Court or Judge, 
who orders and secures, through his Exe- 
cutioner, the life of the criminal, thereby it 
is true frees the Earth Plane of the physical, 
fleshly presence of the criminal, but that 
Judge also frees the Soul of the Criminal, 
and places him prematurely, in another 
Sphere, there to become an unwelcome re- 
ceipt, and a further burden of care to those 
Spiritual beings of the higher Spheres, 
whose lives are devoted to the betterment 
in due course, of Earth's Peoples. 

Also again the spirit of that executed 
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forces of the first Sphere, the opportunity 
to return to Earth and wreak his vengeance, 
through others criminally inclined, or his 
own former evil associates, against the wel- 
fare of Earth's betterment. 

Here is work for reform. Here is work 
for the man, or woman who wish SouPs 
growth. When ye can enlighten the people 
of the Earth Sphere of the great wrong they 
are doing through Capital Punishment then 
ye have done well, and ye shall be rewarded 
for the effort put forth. 

And then another chance for the reformer, 
take these poor weakened men and women, 
who have been robbed of the best within 
them by the evil of intoxicating liquor, give 
them homes and opportunities for further 
soul's growth of man and woman kind on 
Earth. 

Bring reform in these prisons which are 

but breeders of sin and crime, where they 

should be schools of instruction and soul 

awakening on Earth, for in your prisons 

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today, these poor people are but harbored 
there with their souls drenched in crime, and 
darkness, and no seed of kindness and knowl- 
edge is sown in their hearts that shall blos- 
som, or grow while they are within those 
prison walls. 

Why then must ye keep them still in 
crime? Is it for you, man, to make your 
brother suffer? No. The idea of punish- 
ment on earth to make man suffer without 
knowledge of the life he is to meet is all 
wrong. 

To protect society these weak criminals 
should be housed where the best within them 
can be brought to the fore, and grow through 
wisdom, until their hearts are so softened 
that they will have in view the life that shall 
fit them to meet their Master, as would be 
most pleasing to Him. Your duty here is 
to instruct and lead aright. 

Instruct them in the knowledge of the 

Earth's best fruition and instruct them in 

what they are to receive, when they pass 
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to the life Eternal. Make their lives in these 
prison walls one of kindness and one of 
submission, if ye will, but let the rule, the 
golden kule, be ever paramount in thy in- 
structions to them, and teach them that in 
the world Beyond, there is a greater Soul's 
growth for them than to harbor the sins of 
Earth's old plane. Teach them of the Eter- 
nal life, and what they must meet, and in 
the teaching, also teach them of the desire 
and the willingness to go to their God and his 
angels in their sorrow. In the awakening 
of the soul of the Earth's criminal no greater 
soul's growth for the man or woman re- 
former, need be asked for, for reward in the 
future. And the vast field of the labor 
for the earnest soul, who desires to perfect 
his own life and fit himself for the life Eter- 
nal. Ye need not hesitate for ye may find 
whichever way ye may go, and where ye 
may, any amount of earthly conditions that 
need benefiting and need spiritual up-lifting, 
until there shall be less crime on Earth and 
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fewer suffering ones in the first sphere from 
the Earth. Take this as an earnest appeal 
from a Spirit from the Fourth Sphere, who 
has at heart the good and betterment of 
mankind, and who has dedicated his life to 
help the darkened Soul on the Earth, and 
who is ready to point out to him ways and 
means, whereby he may not only redeem 
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CHAPTER XIX 
CHURCHES VerSUS SPIRITUALISM 

Question. — Wherein do the Churches and 
Spiritualism differ, and give the reasons? 

Answer. — The benefit gained by the inves- 
tigation of Spiritualism, lies in the effort that 
is constantly being put forth for a higher 
knowledge of what can be to you a reality 
rather than a faith. In the Churches ye are 
all the time depending upon the Lord or Jesus 
Christ in whom you have such faith and little 
knowledge; ye lay your burdens upon him 
and expect him to carry them; you expect 
him to answer all of your prayers, no differ- 
ence how many millions of people are praying 
at the same moment, you expect the Lord to 
answer each individual and to bring to each 
individual that which is the subject of his 
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prayers. Then again, you go to your churches 
with the thought in mind that you ought to 
go, that you should do your duty, by once a 
week sitting in the pew that is allotted you, 
and listening to the words of the Divine, who 
in heart perhaps is pure and good and faith- 
ful and earnestly doing his duty, as he sees it, 
but he is preaching also to you on faith, and 
he is giving to you the understanding that all 
you have to do is to seek your Master, and he 
will aid and help you. Spiritualism teaches 
that man and woman alone must stand on 
theib own feet and assist and aid and sup- 
port themselves, if they wish to be redeemed 
in the life Beyond. Now, in this one point, 
you must see the strength of character to 
be gained by the knowledge that you must 
exert your own fullness of manhood, or 
womanhood and rise to that, that is in thee 
and to make the best of yourself. 

The very idea of depending upon the Lord 
to aid thee, is a weakening element that must 
in time deplete your own strength of charac- 

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ter, and leave you still weaker for the effort 
put forth in prayer. 

Spiritualism further teaches you that not 
idle prayers for the Lord's assistance, but 
the sincere and earnest prayer that ye may 
cast from yourself with your own strength 
the evil, and rise to what is pure and good, 
and do that which is best for ye, and in this 
the Spiritualist prays that these loving 
Guardian Angels may not aid you without 
your own strength, but they may instruct 
you, and whisper to you words of Enlighten- 
ment that shall show ye aright, and when 
the path is once shown to you, you in your 
own strength can travel alone and be one of 
might, rather than depending on the Great 
Master to aid thee, for in this ye are creating 
a selfishness within your own heart, in con- 
stantly asking aid of the Master instead of 

AIDING YOUKSELF. 

This alone, is enough for mankind to de- 
velop strength and purpose and to cleanse 
his own heart and to prepare his own life and 
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to meet in the future that which he deserves, 
for his life on Earth. 

We are not decrying the Churches, but we 
are decrying the methods, in which so many 
millions of people expect to be saved, by 
going into these fine castles and kneeling and 
calling and depending upon the Lord to save 
them. O Man, save yourself, if ye wish re- 
demption from sin, then arise and save your- 
self, for in bowing down and getting on your 
knees is an indication of weakness, and sub- 
mission to the results of your own evil life 
by trusting to the Master to lift ye up. 

This is not what ye most need, in the day 
of judgment, for ye must meet that which 
ye have done yourself and ye must show to 
the Master kesults, not the petitions and 
appealing for aid; What cares he, for what 
ye call for? It is the acts of your own life 
that are read as the record of your Earth 
life, and ever bear this in mind, and when ye 
sink to your knees in supplication to the 
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and stand with a strength of a beautiful 
character that man and woman should ever 
attain, and say, Master, ye have placed me 
here to live my life and in living I will show 
my strength to be that which shall please 
thee, and thou hast given me the life to lead, 
and I will exert and show my strength by 
perfecting the life that will be pleasing to 
thee. 

Is it not better and of good judgment, in 
saying that the man or woman who stands 
erect, and says I can and I will, make my life 
pure and right? Is this not better, than the 
weakness of those who fall in submission to 
their sins, and ask the aid of another to assist 
them? Herein, lies the foundation of the 
strength of character, gained by the knowl- 
edge of Spiritualism, for ye are taught to 
stand as Jesus stood, ye are taught to assert 
thy vigor of manhood in the right at all times, 
and as ye assert this strength of manhood 
ye are but the stronger grown, and by this 
prayer in thy heart that ye may ever do 
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right, ye are gaining jewels of priceless 
worth, that shall fit thee for the life in the 
to-morrow, in the great benefit derived by 
the knowledge of Spiritualism, for by it ye 
know that if ye have erred here on Earth or 
if ye have failed in any manner ye have that 
chance, not only to redeem yourself on 
Earth but ye have gained knowledge of the 
life Beyond, that ye have a new chance in 
the other life, not only one chance, but nu- 
merous chances, and as you will exist in the 
first Sphere until thy period of rest and heal- 
ing has passed, it lies with ye if ye will at 
once take up the burden, that ye have placed 
upon yourself by wrong doing in Earth life, 
and prepare to cast thy burdens from thee, 
by repentance and good living and effort in 
this Sphere of Darkness. , 

In numerous ways can ye redeem yourself, 
for there are multitudes of darkened souls 
in the first Sphere that ye can turn to and 
enlighten and show them, the way to become 
purified and cleansed, and in this work ye 

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have gained for yourself, a life in the next 
Sphere, and then when your time has passed, 
and your work has been deemed as sufficient 
to pass you to the second Sphere of Educa- 
tion, there will be nothing lacking to com- 
plete that which will make your life per- 
fect, after having passed to those Spiritual 
Spheres Beyond. Does the Church not teach 
ye that if ye do not the right act, then for 
your sin ye are forever without relief or 
redemption? 

Now, reader, choose as ye will, the Church 
or the knowledge of the real life beyond the 
grave*. Ye have but to investigate with a sin- 
cere and earnest purpose and ye in your in- 
vestigations will not only bring peace of mind 
and comfort in the Earth life but advance- 
ment in the future. 

If ye wish and still feel, that ye can be of 
assistance to mankind here on Earth, by still 
retaining your interest in Church affairs well 
and good, for never depart from what seems 
to you good and your duty. 

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The inner consciousness, which is often 
times the whisperings of the Guardian 
Angels, will tell thee what thy path to travel 
is, and if ye feel that ye have a work in the 
Church to do, then remain faithful to that 
Church but always retaining the knowledge 
gained of Spirit life and in retaining this, 
ye can bring in your Church greater knowl- 
edge and comfort to those who are laboring 
under the impression, that they must not ad- 
vance, or leave the old time teachings. Teach 
them your brighter knowledge, and in your 
teaching make it an incentive for constant 
right doing and living here, and teach them 
that they must not live and exist and prepare 
for the future on faith alone, but they must 
have knowledge of what they are to be, when 
the Master calls them to come. 

Now this is but one, of the numerous rea- 
sons, why thou shouldst endeavor to gain 
knowledge of the Spirit life. 

There is one especial reason, which is the 
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lias the knowledge within him, that he has 
something to live for in the future and knows 
that Death does not end all at the grave. 

Many beings on Earth have the one idea that 
they must have a good time while on Earth, 
as there will be nothing in the future for them, 
and in this idea, there have been many crimes 
committed, and in this belief have many men 
been ruined, and for this reason I say Spirit- 
ualism to-day is doing more good and reach- 
ing more of the criminal class, with greater 
force, than has any other known religion or 
creed, for it teaches from the beginning to the 
end Eternal life, and a chance again, after ye 
have passed over the River of Life, and in this 
belief are given new strength and new hope 
and courage to live, as thy Master has bidden 
thee to live. The growth of the soul of man- 
kind, that is to be gained in the investigation 
and knowledge of Spiritualism, or of what is 
to be the Soul 's destiny after the period of the 
so-called death, or Transition, is most inti- 
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on the Earth plane, and it is but the stepping 
stone to Eternal life, and as ye proceed on- 
ward, if the time has come when the soul must 
leave the old physical body, as is one of Na- 
ture J s laws, and no one of mankind can es- 
cape, for from the first known existence of 
man on Earth this stage of life has been a 
fact, that no man can deny. The time comes 
whether it is by accident, or by premature 
separation, or by the natural laws of Death, 
as called on Earth, when the soul of man must 
leave the old physical and take up a new life 
in the unseen. If the man on Earth has been 
properly educated and he has gained knowl- 
edge that shall show him what the life beyond 
is, and shall also teach him every step in the 
right direction to gain a home in the Higher 
Spheres which are of the Spiritual, and 
which are a home of peace, joy and content- 
ment, and then he must make his investiga- 
tions of Spiritualism along the line of an 
earnest, sincere investigation and desire for 
the true worth of the knowledge which he is 
to gain. 

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He must not seek in his investigation of 
Spiritualism that which shall be of the myste- 
rious, or of the wonders, or of the prophe- 
cies, for his immediate future, or for his finan- 
cial gain, but he must ever walk the path that 
leads to Soul Unf oldment. In this he is find- 
ing that which shall appeal to the Master of 
his destiny, and he is reaching out for and 
striving to receive, that which is the greatest 
desire of his Master for a right life that shall 
fit him for the Eternal life of joy and happi- 
ness, but if he in his ignorance shuns or de- 
nies or refuses to receive good, when it is 
placed in his path by these instruments, or 
Mediums on Earth, who have been chosen by 
the higher guides of the Higher Spheres to 
do the work for the Prophets and the Master, 
then he is shunning Good, and he must reap 
a reward of sorrow for the wrong act in which 
he has taken part, and which he has harbored 
within him. 

There are so many phases of religious 
teachings that in part of duty and encourage- 

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ment and of assistance to mankind, that he 
must distinguish the real worth of each, and 
then he cannot help but feel and know the 
knowledge that he has gained by the investi- 
gation of Spiritualism as a research into the 
true reality of the life Beyond. 

In his researching he is bound to find that 
peace of Soul, that contentment and that in- 
centive for greater effort, and he can also 
then be better fitted for his after work, and he 
does not at each turn of the day after his 
labors are completed, find discouragement and 
fear for what the to-morrow may bring to him. 
Spirits of the Higher Spheres are Spirits of 
Justice and Right and we wish in coming back 
to the Earth plane to talk through this in- 
strument of Earth, to those who will peruse 
this book, and we wish them to understand 
and to know, that we appreciate all of the 
good labors of the Churches, but still is not 
the condition of the Earth plane to-day as to 
its Evil, sufficient evidence that there is 
something distinctly lacking in the uplifting 
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and Spirituality of the beings who inhabit 

Earth Sphere I Is it not time that there was 

a new awakening and a religion or a creed 

of Soul unfoldment that shall uplift mankind 

and bring him to a sense and knowledge that 

he is reaping sorrow and severe punishment 

in the future life? Look about your Cities, 

and look about your towns, and look about 

your country places and in fact look the world 

over, and do you ever remember, O man of 

years who may read this book, when there 

was ever a time when evil was so mighty in 

power and force, as at the present day? Is 

it not the time that man and woman kind 

awaken to their duty and understand that 

they are a part of this World and that they 

have a duty to cleanse and purify not only 

themselves, but all who come within their 

radius or near their homes I Ye need not sit 

back in idleness and assist thyself in thy own 

financial condition, and feel that ye are doing 

your duty, for, man and woman, who live 

only for your own financial gain, you are f ail- 
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ing mightily in your duty, and it must be 
brought back to you, with a force that shall 
show you, you are on the wrong track of 
progression, and that there are higher 
labors for ye to do in the vineyard of your 
Master. 

So arise, and cast from thee, this feeling 
that ye are living only for self, but live for 
the unf oldment of Spirituality, if ye wish to 
seek and receive in the life Eternal, that 
which is of beauty and grandeur and content- 
ment and peace to thy soul. 

Ye have a duty not only to uplift, and grow 
spiritually yourself, but to assist those who 
are weaker than thou art, and ye can look 
about you and find chances wherever ye may 
be, and ye can find scores of weakened man- 
hood and womanhood, who appeal to thee to 
assist and give them strength by imbuing in 
them a knowledge of Eternal life, and arous- 
ing within these weak and fallen creatures 
the one spark of Goodness that lies in the 
heart of all mankind, and when ye have found 

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this spark of goodness within the fallen one, 
then is the time ripe for ye to reap a 
ripe harvest of spiritual growth in the 
fallen man. 

Never shirk the duty, though it may seem 
beyond thy strength, and keep at it, brother 
man and sister woman, although ye may think 
that your works are not producing fruit, still 
ye know not when the seed of righteousness 
and right living has been sown, and when it 
shall blossom forth and scatter its beams of 
brightness and Eternal life for that which is 
of Spirituality once again. 

what a mighty labor is found on the 
Earth plane for mankind, and never was the 
time, or opportunity as now, just now, man 
and woman, who have the power to do for 
others. Remember that ye are not only as- 
sisting the Earth plane to send to the Higher 
Spheres better men and women, but ye are 
aiding these grand and glorious and sacrific- 
ing and God-like Angels who have been sent 
by the great Master to cleanse those in the 

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Vineyard and make those who are fallen more 
white in Spirituality. 

Is it not your duty? listen, if ye will, but 
to the whisperings of the Angel world, as it 
comes to thee in these words given in this 
volume, and we only trust that as we plead 
to thee with the highest Spirituality of a sac- 
rificing denying Angel of the life Beyond, it 
may reach and touch those hearts that are 
ahle, in financial aid, to do their duty toward 
their brother man, and once again we plead 
as Angels from the Sphere of Spirituality, 
that ye will aid your Master in cleansing the 
black souls on Earth, so that when their time 
of passing the great River of Life, shall 
come, they may escape the punishment that 
shall bring sorrow to their souls. 



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CHAPTEB XX 
ENLIGHTENMENT OF THE AGE 

Those who have given thought, study, or 
consideration as to the condition of the world 
at the present time, must be convinced that 
this is an age of advancement and enlight- 
enment, in all phases of business conditions, 
scientific investigations, educational enlight- 
enment and of the many inventions and in 
fact all manner of advancement of human 
beings. 

If ye will but give attention to this sub- 
ject, ye must admit that there never was a 
time in the knowledge of the past genera- 
tions, when the opportunity for further ad- 
vancement in all lines of thought is as now. 

Then, reader, why should you hesitate in 
your own enlightenment and the enlighten- 
ment of all mankind, as to the one most 
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is, of what ye shall reap after ye leave this 
Earth plane? Would you if it had been ad- 
vanced to you, the idea that the Airship or 
the Wireless, were to be given to mankind 
as to enlightenment and use, some twenty 
years ago, would you have believed that it 
could have been possible? No, ye would 
have resisted this knowledge that might have 
been given to you then, just in the same 
manner that ye are to-day resisting the 
knowledge of future life, in the world that 
is yet to be yours. Can ye not, within thy 
own heart, apply these same reasons to your- 
self, or are you so sublimely ignorant in the 
question, or wisdom of your future, that ye 
shall refuse to gain in your knowledge of 
what is to be? I could go on, and tell you 
many new things which are coming to the 
earth plane, in the next century but which 
you would doubt, just the same as you doubt 
the knowledge of the future life, but as I 
have said, this is a period when knowledge 
is gaining in great advancements in all lines, 
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and then why should there not be advance- 
ments in the line of a new religion and a 
new creed and a new following, for an ex- 
ample for the right living for the prepara- 
tion for the other worlds? Now then, as ye 
must know, there is already that general 
unrest in the atmosphere, as ye might say, 
of a disposition of progressiveness, as is seen 
in the politics of your country. This is but 
a part, of the awakening of mankind, in new 
lines for further advancement in what is to 
be, in the acquisition of knowledge and at- 
tention by the people in the future life in 
the Beyond. 

There is no surer guide as a following, 
than that of Nature, and you must admit, 
that there has also been great advancement, 
in the line of old mother Nature, which has 
to-day become in every manner, seen to thee 
on this Earth plane, of greater beauty and 
greater advancement, and as the great law 
of Nature, cites to you the law of Progres- 
sion, then why should not man heed its les- 
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sons and know that he too must advance, 
and not cling to that which is the old time 
teachings 1 

There is nothing in this whole Earth plane, 
that has been so held in abeyance of igno- 
rance and retardment of growth, as the 
knowledge of what ye should know for the 
betterment of your life here on Earth, or in 
other words the religion, or creed which thou 
hast made for thy following, or instruction 
for thy enlightenment, as to thy progress 
in the Spirituality as to thy soul, as ye leave 
the earth plane. 

Can ye cite one thing, or manner of wis- 
dom on the earth, one manner of man's in- 
vention, or one phase of Nature's Progres- 
sion, that has remained so dormant and in 
its infancy, as the Creeds and Eeligions of 
the old time Churches? I admit, that there 
has been some advancement, in the churches 
and in the ministerial forces, as to a greater 
liberality and knowledge, but it is of so little 
advancement and of so little worth, that it 

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is but of little account. And now, fellow 
men and women, as other lines of your earth 
work advance be not dilatorious in your ad- 
vancement and progression of the one most 
essential thing, on the earth plane and that 
is the proper instruction and wisdom, as to 
what shall be thy future after the grave. I 
cannot longer appeal to thee, and as I have 
given thee repeatedly, knowledge in this vol- 
ume, that shall be to thee all that is neces- 
sary for the right life, and also for your own 
wisdom that thou shalt assist those who are 
weaker than thee, and which shall be but 
the blessings of the Higher Spheres, that 
shall be cast around thee, if thou dost hearken 
and listen, and akise to the laws of pko- 
gkession, in thy religion as well as in all 
other walks of life on the Earth. Ye must 
know, that as ye seek, as has been repeat- 
edly told to thee, ye shall find, and if ye seek 
for greater than was handed down to thee, 
in the times of ignorance, then ye will stand 
on the proper line of Progression, which is 
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handed and shown to thee in all other edu- 
cational lines of the Earth plane. 

Now, in bidding thee adieu, in the mes- 
sages which have been given thee, from these 
Spirits who have at heart thy welfare, if 
ye but will respond to the pleadings of the 
Spirits who have come to you, ye shall find 
that, which shall give to thee, a joyous glad- 
ness and a lightheartedness, that shall make 
thee wonder. why did I remain in the 
darkness for so many years, when all is peace 
and light, for he who progresses and stands 
on the strength of the purity and goodness, 
that was naturally given to mankind, and 
who in this produces growth from the seeds 
of goodness, that is in every soul of all God's 
children? 



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CHAPTEB XXI 

NAKEATIVE OF INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCE IN 
AND AFTEB TRANSITION 

As I lay upon my bed and as the last breath 
was about to depart from my old physical 
body, I saw a little above my head, perhaps 
two feet, or more, a Circle of such beautiful 
faces of what it then appeared to me, the 
Angels or like pictures of Angels, as I had 
seen as a Clairvoyant in past life. As 
those angels hovered over me, I began to 
see a circle of what seemed to be bright 
flashes of lightning, which were directly in 
front of these angels, and they were holding 
their hands around this circle, as if they 
were passing it over my body, and as the 
time approached for the last breath to leave, 
then this Circle seemed to reach down with 
one side of it touching the very top of my 
head, and as it touched, I then felt a draw- 
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ing that seemed to take all the life there 
was in me away from the old body, and I 
was then drawn along as though in a car- 
riage or other vehicle on Earth. The sensa- 
tions that I had were that these bright 
Angels were floating with me, in this circle 
of bright flashing wiry light, and as this 
proceeded onward and upward, in time, I 
looked back to see what caused this floating 
sensation and then I saw through the house 
that I had been lying in, and down into the 
room and on the bed where my body was. 
I then struggled to get back, thinking that 
I was dying, but some kind angels put their 
arms about me and said; " Come, Life in the 
Earth Plane is no longer yours, and we are 
carrying you to your home Above " and at 
this then, this floating sensation increased, 
until I was carried above Clouds, after Clouds, 
of a foamy light substance, that took us from 
the old Earth and no longer could I see the 
trees, or any part of the Earth that I had 
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through this, we came to a beautiful country 
where I was greeted with so many old friends 
and my own home circle, and my mother 
who had come to meet me reached with lov- 
ing arms and clasped me, and as I looked 
down to see what she was clasping, for I 
remembered still the old form lying on the 
bed, I was surprised to see that I had a new 
body, and which appeared to me like the old, 
excepting it was so fleecy and cloudy-like 
that I thought for a moment, is it possible 
that those clouds that we passed through, 
had clung to my body and made me appear 
like this! and I put out my hand to feel, and 
then I discovered that I really had a new 
body and my mother then explained to me. 
My father also clasped hands with me and 
the sensation of the pressure of my father's 
hand, felt the same as in Earth life, and as 
my mother reached over and kissed my brow, 
it was the same sensation felt in Earth life 
and then an Aunt, who had been of great 
companionship to me in early youth, came 
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and clasped hands with me and all seemed 
so real that I said, " Mother, tell me, 
mother, what is this? Am I delirious? Am 
I going to die ? " I could not yet fully sense 
that I had gone from the old body, but she 
said, " No, Child, you are not going to die, 
for there is no death, and this is heaven and 
you have come to Mother and the life that 
shall be yours for all Eternity." 

Then in a short time after these family 
greetings, these kind angels who had taken 
.me on this circle, which was one of Elec- 
tricity, said, " Come, this way is for you to 
travel," and they took me to a place where 
there were many Spirits unknown to me, and 
Spirits who appeared in great sorrow and 
despair, but there were these loving angels 
all around me, and as they came to a finely 
arranged Sanitarium, they led me to a bed 
and they said, " Now you must rest from 
your journey, and after you have had a sweet 
slumber, then we shall describe to you that 
which is for you to know in this new life." 

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As soon as I had lain me down, then I 
seemed to be entirely surrounded by these 
beautiful angels and with them bouquets of 
the most beautiful flowers all around my bed, 
and then came the joyous thrills of song 
from the beautiful floating birds, which I 
had in Earth life been so passionately fond 
of, and it seemed to me as I lay there and 
listened to the beautiful songs and looked 
at the beautiful flowers, a mist came over my 
eyes, and I thought am I now really dying, 
for there was again that extreme sinking 
sensation, and then I seemed to know no 
more. 

It was told to me later, by these Guardian 
Angels that many weeks had passed before 
I was aroused from this slumber, which I 
was given in order that my soul could gain 
strength from having been so much depleted 
from my earthly sufferings for I had been 
sick for many months before leaving the 
earth plane. After I came to myself, and I 
was met by these loving guides, they bid 

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me to arise and then they took me over the 
first Sphere which was inhabited by many 
darkened sonls, and many recited to me their 
experiences and the cause of their lingering 
in this Sphere, and showing me what they 
had done on Earth and how they were wip- 
ing out their evil life on the earth plane that 
they might become more Spiritual. I do not 
recall just now, how long I remained in this 
Sphere, but it was for some length of time, 
although my life on Earth was not of the 
darkest, and then after a period had passed, 
these kind guardian angels took me to a 
sphere that they told me was a place, I must 
now take up life for many years to come, as 
I was much in need of instruction in my 
future life, and I was placed here in a home, 
with my dear mother and father who had 
preceded me by many years. Our home was 
beautifully furnished for my mother had been 
of a very charitable and kindly heart, and my 
father was a sample of the best of American 
manhood, so he had wiped out all of his 

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earthly sins, many years ago, and the dear 
loving couple, whose souls were sincerely 
united had taken up their home in the second 
Sphere, and they had builded well, for their 
home was one of beauty and it was to me 
one glad song. 

After I had remained here for a sufficient 
length of time to gain knowledge of what 
was necessary for me to take up as my life 
work, I was then required to enter one of 
the Universities where I took up a course 
which was to fit me for the return to Earth 
to whisper words of inspiration to those who 
might need instruction and knowledge of the 
life in the Spheres above. Having completed 
my course in this University I am now an 
Instructor of those in the lower Sphere that 
they too may gain knowledge, sufficient to 
enter the Second Sphere and redeem them- 
selves from their Earth life. I am now labor- 
ing not only for them, but for the darkened 
souls on the Earth plane, and whenever it 
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back with the same desire, that I had in 
Earth life to benefit mankind, and in this I 
give yon my experience and my name on 
Earth was Jennie Hagan Brown. 



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CHAPTER XXII 

NEARING-THE-END 

NARRATIVE OF INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCE IN AND 
AFTER TRANSITION 

Many of those who knew me on Earth, 
and knew of my Transition, knew that it was 
sudden, and as I recall it now, the first thing 
that I realized was my guides whom I had 
often seen, especially my father, and others 
of my guides, who had followed me so closely 
in my addresses on the public platform. 
They were around me, and I heard my 
father's voice say, " Come, your time is here, 
for the beginning of a new life," and he 
reached out to me and embraced me, and 
as I was then so bewildered, as to what this 
meant I said, " Is there anything I can do 
for you, father? " believing that I was still 
connected with my old body and that there 
was a message for me, from the Higher 

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Spheres, to take up some labor for them, as 
I had been in the habit of doing so much 
of my lifetime on Earth. 

He said, " No. Do you not see your old 
body lying there, which you have cast from 
you? Your soul is now free, to pass to the 
home which has all been prepared for you, 
and which you have gained by your faithful- 
ness and well doing in your many duties on 
Earth," and as he said this there seemed 
to be that strong drawing influence of going 
from my old body, and he said, " We are 
now drawing the elements necessary to form 
your new body, and this as you know, is all 
done through the Electrical forces/ ' 

And as this was given to me then, he and 
those other Guides who had for so long been 
a part of my being, seemed to circle around 
me, and as they circled, then came the as- 
cending sensation, of passing away and be- 
yond from the old body, and passing out 
through the house in which I then was liv- 
ing, and as we passed through the building, 

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I sensed no sensation other than one would 
feel in passing through an open door way, 
so I looked back to see if there was not an 
opening through which we had passed, but 
I saw the solid wall, and then my father 
said to me, " This is but a part of the many 
mysteries, that you will encounter, as you 
pass to your new home." After this, we 
seemed to ascend with great rapidity, and 
as near as I can recall my next sensation, 
was of being landed among many friends, 
in a land of great beauty, where I was 
greeted by many old time friends, as well 
as my own mother and others dear to me, 
and I think this is about all I can recall in 
my ascending to the Spheres Above, because 
I seemed to be in a bewildered state. As 
soon as we reached this third Sphere I found 
then I was encased, or the soul which had 
left the old body was encased in a new form, 
a counterpart of the old body, in its earlier 
youthful days. 

Then these Spirits who were awaiting, each 
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in turn, greeted me with the old warm friend- 
liness and love, as in the days on Earth, and 
the greetings and love bestowed upon me, 
were of such an enthusiastic character that 
I seemed for a time to forget, that I was in 
a new world. 

Well, after making numerous new acquaint- 
ances, especially of my guides and helpers in 
my Earth work, I was then shown to my 
home, that my mother had so kindly and so 
lovingly prepared for me, and there I was 
made to understand that my period of Eest 
would be very short because of the prepara- 
tion that I seemed to have made for myself, 
in my labors on the Earth plane. 

In taking up the new life it was simply 
casting off the old worn out physical body, 
and taking a new body of the Ethereal, which 
was but a counterpart of the old, but still 
with a new vigor of youth, and I found after 
a sweet resting period, and after having been 
crowned for my endeavors on the Earth plane, 
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constant companions, and by others who had 
been interested in my past labors, that I was 
then given my choice of any labor, in which 
I most desired to take up for my future 
work. But how could I change, from 
the old time efforts that I had put forth 
for so many, many years past to benefit 
mankind? 

It did not seem as though I was fitted, or 
was a part of any other labor than that of 
benefiting my fellow men and women, so I 
had chosen to take up a greater work in a 
greater advancement, or rather a continua- 
tion of my Earth labors. I am now trying 
to perfect myself, for carrying on my imme- 
diate work with the Earth people, in coming 
back to Earth again and heralding to them 
greater knowledge, and of a more Spiritual 
knowledge of the Life that is for them to 
take up when their summons comes. 

I can say no more, as to my immediate 
experience in passing to the Higher Spheres 
other, than it is a completion of all the de- 

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sires of my whole Earth life, and that I have 
succeeded well, and if the Earth people could 
but know the results of laboring for man- 
kind, and sense the benefit that they are to 
gain in the to-morrow, they would put forth 
greater effort. 

Afterwards, I was taken to and shown 
around the first Sphere, that I might realize 
what the poor sinner suffers, what it meant 
to sin in life and what it meant to lead the 
wrong life, and also that I might understand 
the condition, and needs of these darkened 
souls, that I might in my future efforts for 
the betterment of all, aid and assist those 
souls in the first Sphere, as well as those 
on Earth. 

After this, I was then taken to the second 
Sphere and spent some time there to great 
advantage, in the investigation of the methods 
of instruction for Spirit return, and of a 
greater spiritual unf oldment, in order to hand 
down to the Earth plane messages of still 
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ever yet been handed to mankind. In this, 
I was greatly interested, and I feel that the 
period that I spent there, was of great benefit 
to me, and I would have been glad and will- 
ing, to have remained longer in this second 
sphere, feeling that it was most certainly a 
Sphere of great grandeur, and a Sphere of 
contentment for all, if they would but call 
for nothing better, but it seemed that I had 
had instruction for so many years from a 
higher sphere, than the second sphere, that 
I was one of the kind that could not be con- 
tented to remain there. 

I wanted to reach out, and know what was 
Beyond, and so I just said, " No, I shall not 
remain here, I am going farther on " and 
as my duties in Earth life had fitted me to 
advance to the third Sphere, why I simply 
went and took up my own, that which I had 
gained by many years of hard labor, and 
here I have not only found peace and con- 
tentment, and perfection of all that was most 
dear to me, and a completion of all my de- 

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sires, but I found much which was beyond 
all expectations and imaginations of any 
human being on Earth. But still, let me tell 
you fellow beings, I do not believe that I 
shall always be contented here, for I want 
to see what is in the next Sphere, and do 
you blame me? 

After fifty years of labor for the Spirits 
in the third and fourth sphere do you blame 
me for wanting to go to the very highest 
round on the ladder! And I am going, I am 
going to earn my life in the Beyond, before 
I make any attempt to demand anything, 
that I have not rightfully earned and deserve, 
and I guess I wouldn't get it, if I did ask 
for it, because I find that that is one of the 
laws of Progression, that man must win that 
which he receives, in other words he must 
build before he can claim as his own, and in 
this building, he has his own self as the in- 
stigator and the perfecter of his works. Not 
long after I entered the second Sphere, I 
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who or where I could find some Earth Me- 
dium, that I could work through and work 
to an advantage and make it be known that 
it was really Mrs. R. S. Lillie, that was talk- 
ing. Well, I had studied for a long time to 
find the proper one, and after I passed to 
the third Sphere, it was my good fortune to 
come across one of great knowledge and one 
of great energy and perseverance who was 
on the same errand as I was, trying to find 
a Medium in whom we could come back 
through, and talk to the people on Earth, 
and about that time through a friend, I was 
impressed that I should find one just about 
where I did find one, and I am very much 
gratified in the work that I am now taking 
up, as a beginner of my work in coming 
back to Earth, and that is in sending out to 
you my Messages in this little book, which 
I trust will be a messenger of instruction 
and enlightenment that shall be of such 
value, that the people of the Earth plane, 
will demand more on the same line of thought, 

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and from the same guides, who are bringing 
this book to the people. 

Now, in closing my remarks to you, dear 
reader, it is my earnest desire that those who 
read this will make a chain, that is, in other 
words, each one do your part and spread 
the glad tidings that you find in this book, 
which are genuine messages from other 
Spheres. 

Let every reader, see that he does his duty, 
in studying the knowledge in this book that 
shall inspire in others a desire to know more, 
and also inspire in others a greater desire 
to assist those who are in the fields of labor 
for the Spirit world, and in doing this, you 
may know that ye are building well, for your 
home in the skies. 

And I tell you that it is mighty fine for 
the person to prepare their life well, because 
in coming here, you have so many regrets, 
and you see so much you didn't do and 
wish you had done. Now, this is the advice 
of one who has gone through it all, and 

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knows and understands the philosophy of the 
inhabitants of other Spheres, than that of 
the Earth. 

The knowledge of the Spheres of the 
Worlds of the Universe that are inhabited 
by the people who have passed through the 
stage of Death, so called, on Earth, is bnt the 
passing to another life that shall forever be 
Eternal, and which is bnt the completion of 
the life commenced on earth. 

The Angels make every endeavor 
To lead us in pathways of light, 
Till truth shall triumph o'er error, 
And wrong shall give way to the right. 



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